Re: [PATCH] 2.2.x bugfix (signal handling)

Davide Libenzi (davidel@maticad.it)
Tue, 7 Sep 1999 18:35:29 +0200


> I've found a bug in kernel/signal.c, which causes unkillable processes,
> increasing load by 1 for each instance of such process.
>
> When process is exiting, it's state is changed to TASK_ZOMBIE in
> do_exit().

If You want to avoid zombies:

signal(SIG_CHLD, SIG_IGN);

Cheers,
Davide.

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