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Shivkumar
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‎08-03-2005 07:02 PM

‎08-03-2005 07:02 PM

process in kernel mode

Dear Sirs,

I have heard that when a process is in the kernel mode even kill -9 would fail in killing the process.

Can someone suggest how to identify (command ? )the process is in the kernel mode and not to try killing it ?

Please advise.

Thanks in advance for help.
Shiv
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Dietmar Konermann
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‎08-03-2005 07:53 PM

‎08-03-2005 07:53 PM

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Re: process in kernel mode

Shiv,

it depends on your process' current priority if it's "killable" (signalable).

A rule of thumb is, that the process is currently "unkillable" (non-signalable) if its priority (PRI columun in e.g. ps -el) is less than 154.

Best regards...
Dietmar.
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