hi Muyadi: 2010/12/10 Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi... > > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 21:56, loody <miloody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Deal all: >> I have some questions about times in #include <sys/times.h>. >> As far as I know, times will "get process and waited-for child process >> times". >> so if the child is not finish or dead, this function will cause the >> deadlock, right? > > From "man 2 times" > " In Linux kernel versions before 2.6.9, if the disposition of SIGCHLD is > set to SIG_IGN then the times of terminated children are automatically > included in the tms_cstime and tms_cutime fields, although POSIX.1-2001 > says that this should only happen if the calling process wait()s on its > children. This non-conformance is rectified in Linux 2.6.9 and later" > > So, indirectly, I think the time accumulation happens when the wait() > function returns...which is...I guess polling or regularly checking > (select() maybe?) the signal from child. > thanks for ur help. But I man nothing about times. $ man 2 times No manual entry for times in section 2 $ Should I update any packages? thanks a lot, miloody -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
