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SIGKILL is a good way to orphan children. Or end a DB transaction without properly closing it (so the server socket stays open, or the transaction lock isn't released...) It exists for a reason, but docs usually caution against it because it can cause unexpected behaviors.
Eh, system will take care of the orphans
Turning them into Zombies is certainly a way of dealing with orphans, sure...
New decoration idea for Halloween: orphaned zombie processes
Just some numbers with a
Znext to them...Ah makes sense. Thanks!