[ale] SIGKILL

[Fletch]

>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> writes:

    Chris> I know that SIGKILL can not be caught.  I would like my
    Chris> init to do something if it gets SIGKILL.  Currently if it
    Chris> get SIGTERM it issues the reboot() system call.  Can I do
    Chris> the same with SIGKILL.  Thanks, Chris Fowler


        You can't catch it, so you can't do anything with it.  The
kernel never delivers KILL to a process, it simply stops the process
cold.  A userland process never sees any sign of a KILL whatsoever.

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