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Subject: Re: [Q] what to do when waitpid() returns ECHILD under signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN)?
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:

> Whether we want to do that in the main() routine or when we actually do 
> the fork() or whatever is a different issue.

I do not offhand think of a place where we do fork() but not
waitpid(), and it is very tempting to cheat and do that in the
main(), since I do not see a downside to it.