Is it possible to distinguish signal from kernel at reboot and at kill from terminal

Asked Dec 26 '18 at 08:38

Active Dec 26 '18 at 08:48

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As I know, we can send a signal SIGTERM to a process by pressing ctrl+c or by using pkill -f processName.

Also, when we reboot or shutdown, the kernel will send SIGTERM to each process too.

So I'm asking if we could distinguish these two cases? (as they are all SIGTERM, we can't distinguish them by the signal)

Maybe the kernel provides us some kind of API? such as bool isRebooting() or bool isShutdown()?

edited Dec 26 '18 at 08:48

asked Dec 26 '18 at 08:38

Yves

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No, the kernel doesn’t send SIGTERM, the shutdown procedure does. What init system and/or service manager are you using? – Stephen Kitt Dec 26 '18 at 12:39
"shutdown" is a userspace concept, not a kernel one. The init system (sysvinit, systemd, upstart,....) will be doing all this work. – Stephen Harris Dec 26 '18 at 13:17
what unix system sends a TERM signal when you mash control+c? more typical is an INT signal... – thrig Dec 26 '18 at 15:30

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