On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 at 21:30, Alexander Kanavin via
lists.openembedded.org <[email protected]>
wrote:
> The 'slightly mad' part is that assuming Popen.poll()/waitpid() do not
> wait for the signal handler to complete, how to ensure that the child
> process had truly exited before proceeding in the parent? Am I
> completely wrong about what's happening and how to use these things
> correctly, and sending me to a beginner's Unix class is in order? I'd
> like to write a simple replicator showing incorrect behavior, but not
> today.

I sent a patch which does fix the dangling nfsd processes. I'm still
not sure if this is indeed the semantics of waitpid() or I'm papering
over something completely different, so if Unix gurus can set the
record straight, that would be appreciated.

Alex
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