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Thank you for writing this; now I don't have to. :-) Processes are like upside-down icebergs: you can easily see the 90% that's above the surface (in userland), but the 10% that's in kernel space is part of the process, too. I disagree slightly with something you said: "the process is killed right away, [and then] its resources [are] freed, etc." I would say that the actual, final death of the process doesn't occur until at least when the exit() routine returns control to the scheduler; arguably, not until the parent reaps the status and the proc table entry is freed.

G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica'
– G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica'

2018-12-14 04:04:57 +00:00
Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 4:04
@G-Man Hmm, I see what you mean, I've oversimplified that part. It's quite philosophical in a way: are you dead when you cease to be conscious of being alive or when others do? :p

lgeorget
– lgeorget

2018-12-14 09:18:27 +00:00
Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 9:18
Wow; I didn't intend for this to get all Philosophical and Metaphysical! :-) ⁠

G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica'
– G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica'

2018-12-14 09:31:46 +00:00
Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 9:31

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