Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2018 21:57:06 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 228728] sh does not reap killed background processes until terminal activity, creating zombies Message-ID: <bug-228728-227-wUGvRytlNc@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-228728-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-228728-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D228728 --- Comment #1 from Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org> --- If this is to be fixed, waitpid() alone does not suffice, since it does not= let you wait for either terminal input or a process termination. It is necessar= y to have a SIGCHLD signal handler (either directly or via pselect(2)). Due to limitations in libedit's API, the signal handler could not do much m= ore than reap the zombie and register this in the struct job. This does not help much except system administrators that insist on zombies being reaped quick= ly. Things like a proper 'set -b' (notify about job state at any time) would require some way to execute a handler function in a defined environment and= to redraw the pending input. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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