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What system call signals in Linux can be automatically rejected by the process upon its termination or in other cases?
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Answer from AI
In Linux, some signals can be automatically ignored by the process, especially during its termination or in certain states. For example:
- SIGCHLD — a signal about the termination of a child process, usually ignored to avoid zombie processes.
- SIGURG — a signal indicating urgent data on a socket, often ignored if not explicitly handled.
Additionally, signals SIGKILL and SIGSTOP cannot be caught or ignored, while other signals can be handled or ignored programmatically.
When a process terminates, the kernel automatically cleans up resources and does not require explicit handling of most signals, so some of them are simply not delivered.