http://delta.affinix.com/2006/02/02/more-on-process-termination/ Building an XMPP/Jabber Platform Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:39:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://delta.affinix.com/2006/02/02/more-on-process-termination/#comment-993 Sameer Narang Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:08:46 +0000 http://delta.affinix.com/2006/02/02/more-on-process-termination/#comment-993 Well, one problem that I faced in case of Windows... if you kill a process running on a console, and if is using shared memory, it fails to reset the structures in shared memory. So, if a process acquires locks in shared mem, and another process is waiting for it to release the locks, but this first process is killed, the locks are not released. The situation is handled when the entire console is closed... a shutdown event. Well, one problem that I faced in case of Windows… if you kill a process running on a console, and if is using shared memory, it fails to reset the structures in shared memory. So, if a process acquires locks in shared mem, and another process is waiting for it to release the locks, but this first process is killed, the locks are not released. The situation is handled when the entire console is closed… a shutdown event.

]]> http://delta.affinix.com/2006/02/02/more-on-process-termination/#comment-280 justin Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:33:47 +0000 http://delta.affinix.com/2006/02/02/more-on-process-termination/#comment-280 I don't know enough about Windows to say, but as a general answer it really depends on how the resources are allocated/deallocated. For example, if a process were to statelessly allocate something, then the source may not be alerted if the process is killed. This is easily possible in a network situation, but it may also be possible within the operating system itself. I would hope that for everything important (memory, driver contexts), Windows performs proper accountability... I don’t know enough about Windows to say, but as a general answer it really depends on how the resources are allocated/deallocated. For example, if a process were to statelessly allocate something, then the source may not be alerted if the process is killed. This is easily possible in a network situation, but it may also be possible within the operating system itself. I would hope that for everything important (memory, driver contexts), Windows performs proper accountability…

]]> http://delta.affinix.com/2006/02/02/more-on-process-termination/#comment-257 Neil Humphreys Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:27:47 +0000 http://delta.affinix.com/2006/02/02/more-on-process-termination/#comment-257 If a Windows process is killed, what sort of resources can be left behind? Presumably it is gauranteed that the whole stack and heap memory is wiped out.. what other resources are there that could still be consumed once the process is killed? If a Windows process is killed, what sort of resources can be left behind? Presumably it is gauranteed that the whole stack and heap memory is wiped out.. what other resources are there that could still be consumed once the process is killed?

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