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wait4(), waitid(), and exit()

Lego supports wait4() and waitid() syscalls, and they are compatible with Linux programs. These two syscalls rely on exit_notify() function when a thread exit(). Basically, when a thread exit, it will notify its parent, and reparent3 its children if necessary.

Facts in Lego:

  • Lego does not have process group and session2 concept. Each process is within its own process group and session.
  • This implies Lego will not have Orphaned Process Group1 when a process exit.
  • Orphan process3 is adopted by init process (pid 1) if its father is a single-thread process, otherwise it will be adopted by other thread within its father’s process. This is performed by function forget_original_parent().
  • wait, signal, exec, fork are close related.

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Yizhou Shan
Created: Mar 8, 2018
Last Updated: Mar 10, 2018

  1. Orphaned Process Groups ↩

  2. Process Group ↩

  3. Orphan Process ↩↩