Module Name:    src
Committed By:   christos
Date:           Wed Jul 18 20:30:07 UTC 2012

Modified Files:
        src/sys/kern: sys_sig.c

Log Message:
>From Roger Pau Monne: kill(2) called for a zombie process should return 0,
according to:
    http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/kill.html


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.37 -r1.38 src/sys/kern/sys_sig.c

Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.

Modified files:

Index: src/sys/kern/sys_sig.c
diff -u src/sys/kern/sys_sig.c:1.37 src/sys/kern/sys_sig.c:1.38
--- src/sys/kern/sys_sig.c:1.37	Sun Feb 19 16:06:57 2012
+++ src/sys/kern/sys_sig.c	Wed Jul 18 16:30:07 2012
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: sys_sig.c,v 1.37 2012/02/19 21:06:57 rmind Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: sys_sig.c,v 1.38 2012/07/18 20:30:07 christos Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 2006, 2007, 2008 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: sys_sig.c,v 1.37 2012/02/19 21:06:57 rmind Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: sys_sig.c,v 1.38 2012/07/18 20:30:07 christos Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/kernel.h>
@@ -240,10 +240,11 @@ kill1(struct lwp *l, pid_t pid, ksiginfo
 	if (pid > 0) {
 		/* kill single process */
 		mutex_enter(proc_lock);
-		p = proc_find(pid);
-		if (p == NULL) {
+		p = proc_find_raw(pid);
+		if (p == NULL || (p->p_stat != SACTIVE && p->p_stat != SSTOP)) {
 			mutex_exit(proc_lock);
-			return ESRCH;
+			/* IEEE Std 1003.1-2001: return success for zombies */
+			return p ? 0 : ESRCH;
 		}
 		mutex_enter(p->p_lock);
 		error = kauth_authorize_process(l->l_cred,

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