[Libvir] PATCH: Prevent zombie ssh tunnels

Gerd Hoffmann kraxel at redhat.com
Tue Sep 11 09:35:46 UTC 2007


Daniel Veillard wrote:
>    - the ssh process dies
>    - libvirt based application takes some time to notice it
>    - the OS span a new process with the same PID after a PID rollabck

Can not happen as long as libvirt hasn't asked for the exist status via
waitpid() because the pid is still in use by the zombie ssh process.

cheers,
  Gerd




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