From: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
Cc: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>,
Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
Subject: [PATCH 03/12] libxl: fork: Clarify docs for libxl_sigchld_owner
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 16:23:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1389975845-1195-4-git-send-email-ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1389975845-1195-1-git-send-email-ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Clarify that libxl_sigchld_owner_libxl causes libxl to reap all the
process's children, and clarify the wording of the description of
libxl_sigchld_owner_libxl_always.
Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
Cc: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
---
tools/libxl/libxl_event.h | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_event.h b/tools/libxl/libxl_event.h
index 6261f99..ff0b2fa 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_event.h
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_event.h
@@ -467,7 +467,8 @@ void libxl_osevent_occurred_timeout(libxl_ctx *ctx, void *for_libxl)
typedef enum {
- /* libxl owns SIGCHLD whenever it has a child. */
+ /* libxl owns SIGCHLD whenever it has a child, and reaps
+ * all children, including those not spawned by libxl. */
libxl_sigchld_owner_libxl,
/* Application promises to call libxl_childproc_exited but NOT
@@ -476,7 +477,7 @@ typedef enum {
libxl_sigchld_owner_mainloop,
/* libxl owns SIGCHLD all the time, and the application is
- * relying on libxl's event loop for reaping its own children. */
+ * relying on libxl's event loop for reaping its children too. */
libxl_sigchld_owner_libxl_always,
} libxl_sigchld_owner;
--
1.7.10.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-01-17 16:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-17 16:23 [PATCH 00/12] libxl: fork: SIGCHLD flexibility Ian Jackson
2014-01-17 16:23 ` [PATCH 01/12] libxl: fork: Break out checked_waitpid Ian Jackson
2014-01-17 16:23 ` [PATCH 02/12] libxl: fork: Break out childproc_reaped_ours Ian Jackson
2014-01-17 16:23 ` Ian Jackson [this message]
2014-01-17 16:23 ` [PATCH 04/12] libxl: fork: Document libxl_sigchld_owner_libxl better Ian Jackson
2014-01-17 16:28 ` Ian Campbell
2014-01-17 16:23 ` [PATCH 05/12] libxl: fork: assert that chldmode is right Ian Jackson
2014-01-17 16:23 ` [PATCH 06/12] libxl: fork: Provide libxl_childproc_sigchld_occurred Ian Jackson
2014-01-17 16:24 ` [PATCH 07/12] libxl: fork: Provide ..._always_selective_reap Ian Jackson
2014-01-17 22:17 ` Jim Fehlig
2014-01-17 16:24 ` [PATCH 08/12] libxl: fork: Provide LIBXL_HAVE_SIGCHLD_SELECTIVE_REAP Ian Jackson
2014-01-17 16:24 ` [PATCH 09/12] libxl: fork: Rename sigchld handler functions Ian Jackson
2014-01-20 9:59 ` Ian Campbell
2014-01-17 16:24 ` [PATCH 10/12] libxl: fork: Break out sigchld_installhandler_core Ian Jackson
2014-01-20 9:59 ` Ian Campbell
2014-01-17 16:24 ` [PATCH 11/12] libxl: fork: Break out sigchld_sethandler_raw Ian Jackson
2014-01-20 9:58 ` Ian Campbell
2014-01-20 17:57 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-17 16:24 ` [PATCH 12/12] libxl: fork: Share SIGCHLD handler amongst ctxs Ian Jackson
2014-01-17 18:13 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-20 9:56 ` Ian Campbell
2014-01-21 14:40 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-21 14:53 ` Ian Campbell
2014-01-21 15:09 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-17 16:37 ` [PATCH 00/12] libxl: fork: SIGCHLD flexibility Ian Jackson
2014-01-17 22:29 ` Jim Fehlig
2014-01-20 18:14 ` Jim Fehlig
2014-01-21 14:46 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-21 15:11 ` [PATCH 13/12] libxl: events: Break out libxl__pipe_nonblock, _close Ian Jackson
2014-01-21 15:11 ` [PATCH 14/12] libxl: fork: Make SIGCHLD self-pipe nonblocking Ian Jackson
2014-01-21 15:32 ` Ian Campbell
2014-01-21 15:48 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-21 15:27 ` [PATCH 13/12] libxl: events: Break out libxl__pipe_nonblock, _close Ian Campbell
2014-01-21 15:31 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-21 15:28 ` [PATCH 00/12] libxl: fork: SIGCHLD flexibility Ian Jackson
2014-01-22 5:32 ` Jim Fehlig
2014-01-23 4:05 ` Jim Fehlig
2014-01-23 10:56 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-23 21:36 ` Jim Fehlig
2014-01-24 4:27 ` Jim Fehlig
2014-01-24 12:41 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-24 12:52 ` Ian Campbell
2014-01-24 15:14 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-24 15:18 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-24 16:36 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-24 16:57 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-27 5:39 ` Jim Fehlig
2014-01-27 5:22 ` Jim Fehlig
2014-01-27 14:48 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-28 1:39 ` [libvirt] [Xen-devel] " Jim Fehlig
2014-01-28 10:06 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2014-01-29 16:23 ` [libvirt] " Ian Jackson
2014-01-30 12:18 ` [libvirt] [Xen-devel] " Daniel P. Berrange
2014-01-30 16:14 ` Jim Fehlig
2014-01-30 16:17 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2014-01-30 16:28 ` Ian Jackson
2014-01-30 16:56 ` Jim Fehlig
2014-01-30 17:12 ` [libvirt] [Xen-devel] " Ian Jackson
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