What does a program do when it's sent SIGKILL signal?

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                          When I used killall -9 name to kill a program, the state become zombie. Some minutes later, it stopped really.
So, what's happening during those minutes?
                        

Asked by haikun he (603 rep)

Dec 3, 2018, 09:04 AM
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What does a program do when it's sent SIGKILL signal?

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