minit

commit 36c5d0401606ef8927f304f2c3e70d67c5535648
parent 7f91cc8bcc5fe7b17c6193e49d25c19dbcf39637
Author: leitner <leitner>
Date:   Thu,  6 Dec 2001 15:20:26 +0000

reap zombies faster.

Diffstat:
M
CHANGES
 | 
4
++++
M
minit.c
 | 
6
++++--

2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.8:
+  call waitpid repeatedly until it returns "no children".
+  This reaps zombies faster.
+
 0.7:
   found and fixed the bug that made the logging support not work when
     minit was running as PID 1.
diff --git a/minit.c b/minit.c
@@ -337,8 +337,10 @@ void childhandler() {
     return;
   }
 #endif
-  killed=waitpid(-1,&status,WNOHANG);
-  handlekilled(killed);
+  do {
+    killed=waitpid(-1,&status,WNOHANG);
+    handlekilled(killed);
+  } while (killed && killed!=(pid_t)-1);
 }
 
 static volatile int dowinch=0;