Serious KProcess Flaws

[Waldo Bastian]

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On Thursday 26 June 2003 22:05, Charles Samuels wrote:
> I found an extremely serious bug in KProcess.  If one wants to use a
> waitpid themselves, they'll find that KProcessController randomly will
> waitpid(-1, ...).  This happens in
> KProcessController::delayedChildrenCleanup().
>
> I don't really understand the rationale for that function, so don't know
> how to fix it.  Please advise!
>
> Also, near the end of KProcessController::theSigCHLDHandler(int arg),
> waitpid(-1, ...) happens, on the condition that there is no
> KProcessController.  Why is KProcessController so arrogant as to think that
> it should 1) be the only SIGCHLD handler, and 2) insist that all children
> be started with KProcess?

Hey, it has improved a lot already. Since recently (3.0 ?) you can actually 
use waitpid as long as you don't enter the event loop. 

If you enter the event loop you can just as well use KProcess.

Cheers,
Waldo
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