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authorнаб <[email protected]>2021-03-26 22:21:00 +0100
committerGitHub <[email protected]>2021-03-26 14:21:00 -0700
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parent2b56a634579e4cdab8d84ccba138e701a6d3bc64 (diff)
zed: reap child after killing on time-out
When a child process is killed waitpid() must be called on the pid the reap the zombie process. Update BUGS section to reflect reality by replacing "zedlets aren't time limited with "zedlets can be interrupted". Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <[email protected]> Closes #11769 Closes #11798
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@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ Terminate the daemon.
Events are processed synchronously by a single thread. This can delay the
processing of simultaneous zevents.
.PP
-There is no maximum timeout for ZEDLET execution. Consequently, a misbehaving
-ZEDLET can delay the processing of subsequent zevents.
+ZEDLETs are killed after a maximum of ten seconds.
+This can lead to a violation of a ZEDLET's atomicity assumptions.
.PP
The ownership and permissions of the \fIenabled-zedlets\fR directory (along
with all parent directories) are not checked. If any of these directories