Re: 76.posix_wait4process.patch (fwd)

[Chuck Murcko <ch...@telebase.com>]

I've uploaded 76a.posix_wait4process.patch into /incoming, with the changes
Nick wants.

Nick Williams liltingly intones:
> From njw@sequent.com Thu Feb  8 12:28:59 1996
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> Subject: Re: 76.posix_wait4process.patch 
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> Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 17:27:27 GMT
> From: Nick Williams <nj...@sequent.com>
> 
> 
> Hi Chuck.  Sorry it took a while to reply: I'm out of the office this week and 
> I've just popped in to check that my mail doesn't become too unmanageable... 
> too late! argh.
> 
> Anyhow. The waitpid loop is indeed incorrect in the version we submitted to 
> you: not enough checking on the documentation.  The correct code would be to 
> set kill_never if the child was successfully reaped (i.e. waitpit() > 0).  
> This ensures we collect the children who are already dead, and don't attempt 
> to signal a zombie process.
> 
> Yes?
> 
> Nick.
> 

chuck
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