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Subject: Re: [9fans] closeproc slow
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 08:43:50 -0800
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> do things happen differently if the process is not slain
> but dies a natural death?

yes.  the closeprocs only come out when you run slay.
their job is to close the file descriptors that the slain
processes left behind.  you have to do it in a different proc
to avoid deadlocks in the general case.

see http://9fans.net/archive/2006/01/48 and the ensuing
discussion.

russ