Messages in this thread | | | From | "Davide Libenzi" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.2.x bugfix (signal handling) | Date | Tue, 7 Sep 1999 18:35:29 +0200 |
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> I've found a bug in kernel/signal.c, which causes unkillable processes, > increasing load by 1 for each instance of such process. > > When process is exiting, it's state is changed to TASK_ZOMBIE in > do_exit().
If You want to avoid zombies:
signal(SIG_CHLD, SIG_IGN);
Cheers, Davide.
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