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Subject: Re: [Xenomai] [Xenomai-git] Philippe Gerum : copperplate/registry:
 reap sysregd selectively
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To: Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>, xenomai@xenomai.org

On 02/27/2014 08:49 PM, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
> On 02/27/2014 04:54 PM, git repository hosting wrote:
>>   	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
>>   	sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
>>   	sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL);
>
> Why not masking the signal here instead of ignoring it? So that the
> notifications which would happen during the short interval are not lost?
>
>

We only want the child to be reaped instead of going zombie, we don't 
actually care about the exit status.

-- 
Philippe.