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From: "dje at google dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org> To: gdb-prs@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug threads/10095] New: waitpid (xxx, &status, 0) call from gdb may hang Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:10:00 -0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20090423221013.10095.dje@google.com> (raw) [filed so there's a point of reference for discussion of this issue] If a ptracing parent calls waitpid (xxx, &status, 0) on a child with threads, the call will hang if the main thread has exited. xxx may be either pid or -1. Arguably, it's counterintuitive for such a waitpid call to hang if all threads are in the zombie state, but that's the kernel's behaviour (in 2.6.24-ish and 2.6.29-ish). See kernel/exit.c:do_wait,et.al. Attached is an example to illustrate the problem. -- Summary: waitpid (xxx, &status, 0) call from gdb may hang Product: gdb Version: 6.8 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: threads AssignedTo: unassigned at sourceware dot org ReportedBy: dje at google dot com CC: gdb-prs at sourceware dot org GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10095 ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
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