Re: [PATCH] git daemon: avoid calling syslog() from a signal handler

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Signal handlers should never call syslog(), as that can raise signals
> of its own.
>
> Instead, call the syslog() from the master process.

Earlier parts seem to make sense but I am puzzled by these changes.

> @@ -929,7 +945,8 @@ static int service_loop(int socknum, int *socklist)
>  	for (;;) {
>  		int i;
>  
> -		if (poll(pfd, socknum, -1) < 0) {
> +		i = poll(pfd, socknum, 1);
> +		if (i < 0) {
>  			if (errno != EINTR) {
>  				error("poll failed, resuming: %s",
>  				      strerror(errno));
> @@ -937,6 +954,10 @@ static int service_loop(int socknum, int *socklist)
>  			}
>  			continue;
>  		}
> +		if (i == 0) {
> +			check_dead_children();
> +			continue;
> +		}

So you will check every 1ms to see if there are new dead children, but why
is this necessary?