From a5676fcdcfe2ed60d3e5ff933f210ba49df9437e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Domke <tmbinc@elitedvb.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:34:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] patch by Pieter Grimmerink: -call waitpid on the child, after
 it completes. This avoids zombies.

---
 lib/base/console.cpp | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/base/console.cpp b/lib/base/console.cpp
index 3f73fba1..1e391e17 100644
--- a/lib/base/console.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/console.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <poll.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 
 int bidirpipe(int pfd[], char *cmd , char *argv[])
 {
@@ -222,7 +224,11 @@ void eConsoleAppContainer::kill()
 	{
 		eDebug("user kill(SIGKILL) console App");
 		killstate=-1;
-		::kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+		/*
+		 * Use a negative pid value, to signal the whole process group
+		 * ('pid' might not even be running anymore at this point)
+		 */
+		::kill(-pid, SIGKILL);
 		closePipes();
 	}
 	while( outbuf.size() ) // cleanup out buffer
@@ -242,7 +248,11 @@ void eConsoleAppContainer::sendCtrlC()
 	if ( killstate != -1 && pid != -1 )
 	{
 		eDebug("user send SIGINT(Ctrl-C) to console App");
-		::kill(pid, SIGINT);
+		/*
+		 * Use a negative pid value, to signal the whole process group
+		 * ('pid' might not even be running anymore at this point)
+		 */
+		::kill(-pid, SIGINT);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -301,7 +311,20 @@ void eConsoleAppContainer::readyRead(int what)
 	{
 		eDebug("child has terminated");
 		closePipes();
-		/*emit*/ appClosed(killstate);
+		int childstatus;
+		int retval = killstate;
+		/*
+		 * We have to call 'wait' on the child process, in order to avoid zombies.
+		 * Also, this gives us the chance to provide better exit status info to appClosed.
+		 */
+		if (::waitpid(pid, &childstatus, 0) > 0)
+		{
+			if (WIFEXITED(childstatus))
+			{
+				retval = WEXITSTATUS(childstatus);
+			}
+		}
+		/*emit*/ appClosed(retval);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
2.30.2