Github user mattf commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/1247#issuecomment-47401236
that's more or less it, except a level lower.
the spawned python worker processes spawn workers of their own (one per
connect) and those inherit the worker's SIGCHLD handler, which they have no
need for.
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