Hi, i want to remove a path, but is in use.. How can i kill the zombie processes?

[root@server ~]# ps -ef | grep kpartx
root 6218 32580 0 09:23 pts/1 00:00:00 grep kpartx
root 8761 1 0 Apr11 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/kpartx -a -p p /dev/mapper/mpath6
[root@server ~]# ll /proc/8761/fd/
total 0
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 11 15:54 0 -> /dev/null
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 11 15:54 1 -> /dev/null
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 11 15:54 2 -> /dev/null
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 11 15:54 3 -> /dev/mapper/control
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 Apr 11 15:54 4 -> /dev/mapper/mpath6 (deleted)
[root@server ~]# ps -ef | grep pvs
root 7683 32580 0 09:30 pts/1 00:00:00 grep pvs
root 14754 1 0 Apr11 ? 00:00:00 pvs
[root@server~]# ll /proc/14754/fd/
total 0
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 11 15:34 0 -> /dev/pts/2 (deleted)
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 11 15:34 1 -> /dev/pts/2 (deleted)
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 11 15:34 2 -> /dev/pts/2 (deleted)
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 11 15:36 3 -> /var/lock/lvm/P_global (deleted)
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 Apr 11 15:36 4 -> /dev/dm-22 (deleted)
[root@server ~]# dmsetup info mpath6
Name: mpath6
State: ACTIVE
/dev/mapper/mpath6: open failed: No such file or directory
Tables present: LIVE
Open count: 2
Event number: 9
Major, minor: 253, 22
Number of targets: 1
UUID: mpath-350060160c6e0080950060160c6e00809

I guess i was wrong deleting first the disks that formed the path, but now how could i kill those zombie processes without a reboot?
mpath6 (350060160c6e0080950060160c6e00809) dm-22 ,
[size=1.0G][features=0][hwhandler=1 emc][rw]
\_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
\_ #:#:#:# - #:# [active][faulty]
\_ #:#:#:# - #:# [active][faulty]
\_ #:#:#:# - #:# [active][faulty]
\_ #:#:#:# - #:# [failed][faulty]

You can't kill zombie processes without a reboot. But you haven't shown us any zombie processes. What are you really trying to do and why do you think zombies are stopping you?

Hi there. I have rebooted the server.
Well, the process kpartx was keeping the /dev/mapper/control file ocupied. My mistake was to delete the hosts(disks that formed the path) and i wasn't able to delete my path because of this process. dmsetup suspend/remove mpath, pvs, vgs, fdisk ... basically each command which is using the control file was hanging and stayed in the queue(the option from multipath when no path is found).I tried to use dmsetup to change the behaviour for this path but unsuccesfully.
The reboot fixed the problem. Thanks for you answer.