Programming

Hi,

I have an c++ application which uses the function fork and execvp().
The parent does not wait until the child ends. The parents just creates children and let them do their stuff.
You can see the parent program as a batch-manager.

I have added a SIGCHLD handler to the program:

void zombie_handler(int iSignal)
{
signal(SIGCHLD,zombie_handler); //reset handler to catch SIGCHLD for next time;
int status;
pid_t pid;

pid = wait(&status); //After wait, child is definitely freed.
printf("pid = %d , status = %d\n", pid, status);
}

int main(int argc,char* argv[])
{
signal(SIGCHLD,zombie_handler);
...
while (condition)
{
fork();
//do child-actions & do not wait for child to finish. We can't afford to wait...
}
}

- How can i avoid signal races in this case? I don't want another SIGCHLD-signal while I'm busy with processing a SIGCHLD-signal !! I don't want to ignore the signal neither when I'm processing a SIGCHLD-signal (cant afford to loose information about childs)
- In the signal-handler I have added the wait() function. The time that wait will need will be none, because the child has already been terminated but is not freed yet? Am I correct?

Can anyone help me with this?

Best regards,
Jens