Re: [uml-user] Host processes never terminate on 2.6.9rc3 host (stuck in ptrace_stop)

[Lorenzo C. <lo...@co...>]

BlaisorBlade wrote:
>>It seems that every time a process in the UML terminates, the
>>corresponding process in the host does not die until I reboot the host.
>>Looking at /proc/xxx/wchan shows that the processes are trapped in
>>ptrace_stop except a few (3 or 4) that are in do_exit.
> 
> Try killing it with "kill -CONT" and only afterwards with "kill -KILL". That 
> will make them die (and the fact you need kill -CONT is a correct behaviour).

Yes, this seems to work fine. A single "killall -CONT linux" does the 
trick for me, without having to send another SIGTERM or SIGKILL after it.

Not perfect, but very good as workarounds go. :-)

Thanks!


Ciao,
Lorenzo