What is xmgc kernel process?

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When I issue following command in AIX
"ps -aefk "

I found the xmgc process.

what is xmgc process?

what is xmgc process work?

How can I kill this process?

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Why do you want to kill it ?

xmgc is a kernel process that deals with garbage collection of xmalloc
allocations. The reason why you see this is because you use the -k
switch with ps.

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Why do you want to kill it ?

xmgc is a kernel process that deals with garbage collection of xmalloc
allocations. The reason why you see this is because you use the -k
switch with ps.

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