linux-kernel.vger.kernel.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Martin Schlemmer <azarah@nosferatu.za.org>
To: Petr Vandrovec <vandrove@vc.cvut.cz>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing Lists <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Problem with exiting threads under NPTL
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:02:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1071414122.4987.80.camel@nosferatu.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031214052516.GA313@vana.vc.cvut.cz>

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 693 bytes --]

On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 07:25, Petr Vandrovec wrote:
> Hi,
>   several times one of our threads ended up as ZOMBIE and
> nobody wants to pick him up - even init ignores it. Inspection
> of kernel structures revealed that task's exit code is 0,
> exit_signal is -1, ptrace is 0 and state is 8 (ZOMBIE).
> 

>    So if some process ignores SIGCHLD, and spawns child process 
> which creates additional thread, and main thread in child exits 
> before child it created, you'll end up with immortal zombie.
> 

I can confirm this behavior here, although I must admit I do not
know if the sample code is legal.  Latest glibc from cvs + bk kernel.


Cheers,

-- 
Martin Schlemmer

[-- Attachment #2: This is a digitally signed message part --]
[-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 189 bytes --]

  reply	other threads:[~2003-12-14 15:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-14  5:25 Problem with exiting threads under NPTL Petr Vandrovec
2003-12-14 15:02 ` Martin Schlemmer [this message]
2003-12-14 19:38 ` [patch] " Ingo Molnar
2003-12-14 20:38   ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-14 20:45     ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-14 21:02       ` Ingo Molnar
2003-12-15 15:04       ` Jörn Engel
2003-12-14 21:06     ` Ingo Molnar
2003-12-14 22:10       ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-14 22:17         ` Ingo Molnar
2003-12-14 22:32           ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-15 23:04             ` Roland McGrath
2003-12-14 22:28         ` Ingo Molnar
2003-12-14 22:45           ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-14 23:08             ` Ingo Molnar
2003-12-15  6:31               ` dan carpenter
2003-12-15 11:43                 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-12-15 13:07                   ` dan carpenter
2003-12-15 15:11                 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-15 23:15               ` Roland McGrath
2003-12-15  8:54         ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-12-15 22:55           ` Roland McGrath
2003-12-15 23:06     ` Roland McGrath

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=1071414122.4987.80.camel@nosferatu.lan \
    --to=azarah@nosferatu.za.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=vandrove@vc.cvut.cz \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).