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