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I remember some kind of process like that in the 2.4.18 kernel that had to
do with my SCSI card that my scanner is attached to.  It didn't respond to
a signal 9 or anything.  In 2.4.19 and later, it exits like it's supposed
to.  Sounds like a kernel bug to me.  I agree, take it out of the kernel.