Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 07:46:36 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mtv leaves a zombie after exit Message-ID: <3EBFB3CC.5673108C@mindspring.com> References: <20030511152206.R13689@znfgre.qbhto.arg>
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Doug Barton wrote: > For some time now on -current whenever I run mtv, it leaves a zombie after > it exits: > > USER PID PPID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND > doug 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 ZW - 0:00.00 (mtvp) > > It runs fine, displays the video fine, but it always leaves a zombie. Zombies exist when the parent process fails to reap child exit status. This may be a bug in your shell. If it's not a bug in your shell, then it's a bug in kernel (probably in fork_exit). -- Terry
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