Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 13:48:14 -0500 (CDT) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Se=E1n_C=2E_Farley?= <sean-freebsd@farley.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Herv=E9_Kergourlay?= <herve.kergourlay@atempo.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porting on FreeBSD 53 Message-ID: <20050512134151.O2556@thor.farley.org> In-Reply-To: <428307A9.10901@atempo.com> References: <428307A9.10901@atempo.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1023258206-1115923694=:2556 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Thu, 12 May 2005, Herv=E9 Kergourlay wrote: <snip> > 4) wait() API > > 2 problems, the first is a ECHILD error on a wait call after a fork fork > The code is generic for most of unix system. Is there any specific proble= ms=20 > to manage the fork and wait APIs ? > the second problem with calls is a blocking wait() call in the same condi= tion=20 > but this time the son process is finished but the wait call in the father= =20 > stays blocked, again it's a generic Unix code > > If there is no evidence, ask me for more informations The second problem sounds like what I am encountering (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D77818) with zsh for my shell. You did suspend (sigsuspend()) SIGCHLD before the fork? By "fork fork", do you mean you fork twice? Se=E1n --=20 sean-freebsd@farley.org --0-1023258206-1115923694=:2556--
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