Chris wrote:
If I use an 'empty' shutdown script that just starts with "#!/bin/sh" or
bash or whatever, the script itself becomes a zombie. And if I use a script
with just an empty line, "sh" becomes the zombie. So in either way,
something is wrong and it can not be the script's fault.
I've checked this again, and you really have to care about processes
even in their own process group. After some research, I think the
double-fork trick is the best way to fix this: Make the script a
grandchild of VDR and let the intermediate child do an instant
wait-friendly exit. This makes the script an orphan that does not get a
zombie any more.
A patch is attached.
waitpid( -1, &dummy, WNOHANG) called at some place later should do the
trick. Or waitpid() explicitly for the child's PID, if we want to store
the PID anywhere.
If the script may run longer than VDR, then VDR cannot wait for it.
Thats the problem.
Cheers,
Udo
--- thread.c.bak 2007-05-29 21:07:27.000000000 +0200
+++ thread.c 2007-05-29 21:12:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include <linux/unistd.h>
#include <malloc.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
@@ -507,7 +508,7 @@
if (pid > 0) { // parent process
int status = 0;
- if (!Detached && waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0) {
+ if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0) {
LOG_ERROR;
return -1;
}
@@ -515,6 +516,9 @@
}
else { // child process
if (Detached) {
+ // Fork again and let first child die
+ // Grandchild stays alive without parent
+ if (fork() > 0) exit(0);
// Start a new session
pid_t sid = setsid();
if (sid < 0)
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