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Diffstat (limited to 'sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c index d15fbb1eca..fb83c2ed53 100644 --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c @@ -374,12 +374,12 @@ __spawnix (pid_t * pid, const char *file, ec = args.err; if (ec > 0) /* There still an unlikely case where the child is cancelled after - setting args.err, due to a positive error value. Also due a + setting args.err, due to a positive error value. Also there is possible pid reuse race (where the kernel allocated the same pid - to unrelated process) we need not to undefinitely hang expecting - an invalid pid. In both cases an error is returned to the - caller. */ - __waitpid (new_pid, NULL, WNOHANG); + to an unrelated process). Unfortunately due synchronization + issues where the kernel might not have the process collected + the waitpid below can not use WNOHANG. */ + __waitpid (new_pid, NULL, 0); } else ec = -new_pid; |