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When is a process dead?
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cs412017
2005-09-08 20:22:49 UTC
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Hi,
When is a process considered "dead"? Is it dead if <thread>->alive is
true, or is it "dead" when it has been destroyed?
Thanks,
Arnab
c***@CSIC.UMD.EDU
2005-09-09 03:21:56 UTC
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If it is a user process, it is not alive or refcount is 0 as soon
as userContext pointer is pointing to null.

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