On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 02:19:28PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
Hi ix
> By definition zombie is a process entry in proc table that wasn't released
> by wait*() called form the parent's code. So all we need to do is to ensure
A zombie can only occur with a *live* parent. If the parent exits, it's
orphaned children are automatically inherited by init (Pid 1) which is a very
well written program that will wait on any exiting child ( or even a bunch of
zombies inherited from a dysfunctional parent ).
So your solution is already there in the system.
The solution (if one is even desired :) should be along these line:
Instead of discarding SIGCHLD which is issued when the child exits, it
should have a default handler which would check if indeed that is the case
and wait on that child (in other words what a good programmer should do
for himself :)
....
Naief
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