Comment #1 on issue 23778 by Robert.Bradbury: Chrome fails to collect defunct/zombie processes remaining from closed tabs/windows. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23778
As an alternative to having a "child count" or "child_has/is_exiting" flag (presumably in a shared memory region(?)) trigging a wait()|waitpid(), chrome processes which create children should setup a SIGCHLD signal handler to execute a wait()| waitpid() call when they exit (if that isn't handled by the signal handling process). Worth noting is that the CLD_XYZZY codes might or might not cause the parent to behave differently (recreate a tab/window + URL, blacklist a URL, run gdb on the child and produce a backtrace, etc.) -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
