linux-kernel - Re: BUG: wedged processes, test program supplied

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Message-Id: <1166593200.1614.8.camel@Homer.simpson.net>
Date:	Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:40:00 +0100
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	Albert Cahalan <acahalan@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: BUG: wedged processes, test program supplied

On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 21:46 -0500, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> Somebody PLEASE try this...

I was having enough fun with cloninator (which was whitespace munged
btw).

> Normally, when a process dies it becomes a zombie.
> If the parent dies (before or after the child), the child
> is adopted by init. Init will reap the child.
> 
> The program included below DOES NOT get reaped.

While true wasn't a great test recommendation :)

	-Mike

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