Commit-ID: c1c92f20d733dcacb99a0fc6882d612331c488df Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/c1c92f20d733dcacb99a0fc6882d612331c488df Author: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:40:00 +0000 Committer: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:38:04 +0200 kvm tools: fix zombie reaping in guest/init.c init.c is not very kind with processes that get reparented when their own parent die, leaving them hanging around. Looking at the code, it only seem to care about its own flesh and blood. Bad init. Teach it some basic zombie reaping skills. Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/kvm/guest/init.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/kvm/guest/init.c b/tools/kvm/guest/init.c index ece48fd..8c49a03 100644 --- a/tools/kvm/guest/init.c +++ b/tools/kvm/guest/init.c @@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) else run_process("/bin/sh"); } else { - waitpid(child, &status, 0); + pid_t corpse; + + do { + corpse = waitpid(-1, &status, 0); + } while (corpse != child); } reboot(LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html