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Subject: Re: [Xenomai] [Xenomai-git] Philippe Gerum : copperplate/registry:
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To: Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>
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On 02/28/2014 12:09 PM, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
> On 02/28/2014 09:44 AM, Philippe Gerum wrote:
>> 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.
>
> What if the application wants the exit status of another child process
> which would be created at the same time?
>

This can't be, since the application has not started yet at this point.

-- 
Philippe.