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From: Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby-Rn4VEauK+AKRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>
To: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: manpages: explicit set SIGCHLD to SIG_IGN is distinct from SIG_DFL
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 17:20:10 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080407212010.GA23866@cetus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cfd18e0f0804071408k6a559321xd80a792f62879d81-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 11:08:02PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Michael Kerrisk
> <mtk.manpages-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Justin Pryzby
> > <justinpryzby-Rn4VEauK+AKRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > Version: 2.79-2
> > > File: /usr/share/man/man2/wait.2.gz
> > >
> > > the SIGCHLD action to SIG_IGN inhibits the creation of zombie
> > > processes, even though kill(1) gives the "ignore" as the default
> > > disposition.

>     Note that even though the default disposition of SIGCHLD is
>     "ignore", explicitly setting the disposition to SIG_IGN results
>     in different treatement of zombie children.
> 
> Seem okay?
Yup.

Thanks,
Justin
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2008-04-07 21:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-07 16:16 manpages: explicit set SIGCHLD to SIG_IGN is distinct from SIG_DFL Justin Pryzby
2008-04-07 21:04 ` Michael Kerrisk
     [not found]   ` <cfd18e0f0804071404j630a631ev6991dfff67fc406e-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-07 21:08     ` Michael Kerrisk
     [not found]       ` <cfd18e0f0804071408k6a559321xd80a792f62879d81-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-07 21:20         ` Justin Pryzby [this message]

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