TerminateProcess and deadlocks

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Published on 2010-05-25T21:19:19Z Indexed on 2010/05/26 8:21 UTC
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Is it real that the TerminateProcess function in Windows could hang because the threads inside the process were stuck in a deadlock?

Example: Process A is running under Process B's control, now Process A gets into a deadlock and Process B detects this and decides to 'Kill' process A using TerminateProcess.

Would it be successful in killing the hung Process A?

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