Subject: SIGKILLed process swapping out
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Brad du Plessis <bduplessis@commissionaires.ab.ca>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/23/2005 17:45:14
Hi,

I'm running NetBSD-2.0_STABLE and would like to know what the "swapped out" 
flag means as seen in a process listing. I was running a process that I 
tried to kill (SIGTERM) and it didn't respond. I then tried a SIGKILL 
(kill -9) and after a couple seconds I did a process listing and found the 
ps flags were 'DW'. From the ps manpage the W means the process is swapped 
out, does it make sense that a process having just received a SIGKILL would 
be in this state?

Thanks,
 Brad