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Re: [Q] what to do when waitpid() returns ECHILD under signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN)?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jun 20, 2006, 00:36 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
> Whether we want to do that in the main() routine or when we actually do 
> the fork() or whatever is a different issue.

I do not offhand think of a place where we do fork() but not waitpid(), and it is very tempting to cheat and do that in the main(), since I do not see a downside to it.

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Message 3 of 7 in “[Q] what to do when waitpid() returns ECHILD under signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN)?”
  1. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsJun 19, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2006
  4. Linus TorvaldsJun 20, 2006
  5. Restore SIGCHLD to SIG_DFL where we care about waitpid().Junio C Hamano, Jun 20, 2006
  6. Petr BaudisJun 20, 2006
  7. Edgar ToernigJun 20, 2006

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