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

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Jun 20, 2006, 00:44 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0606191742470.5498@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vfyi07jf2.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
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> > Whether we want to do that in the main() routine or when we actually do 
> > the fork() or whatever is a different issue.
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> 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.

Yeah, it probably does make sense. That said, there are several "main()" functions, so you'd still end up having to verify that we catch all the paths.. Are all users of fork() built-in by now?

			Linus