https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90038
--- Comment #6 from Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask dot apl.washington.edu> --- On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 07:35:46PM +0000, jb at gcc dot gnu.org wrote: > https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90038 > > --- Comment #5 from Janne Blomqvist <jb at gcc dot gnu.org> --- > (In reply to kargl from comment #4) > > What does 'it' refer to? fork() is leaving a zombie? > > posix_spawn() is leaving a zombie? > > posix_spawn. Though I guess the old fork() code suffers from the same issue as > well, though I don't think anything is using that anymore. > I haven't used posxi_spawn, and it's been awhile since I used fork+execve in some code. A quick look at the posix_spwan manpage suggests we can use a combination of POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK and POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGDEF to set up signal handlers to hopefully reap zombies.
