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Old 11-15-2009, 04:46 PM   #1
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Kill child process problem. No matter what i try cant stop pid becoming a zombie??


I am trying to Kill a child task and i can not do it without it becomming a zombie.

This is on an embedded platform and the Child process is running MPG321 with the execvp() command.

I tryed everything i could find on the net with no luck. If you could help with this problem and my understanding of why this is occuring that would be most appreciated. Have been stuck with this problem for some months now..

when killing task i get the error number 10 which i think is #define ECHILD 10 /* No child processes */ But i have checked that i am sending kill the correct PID number.??


this is the calling task

Code:
				/* Create the pipe. */
				if (pipe(inst->_info_pipe))
				{
					//__SERVERDBG("MP3: Pipe failed");
					__EXCEPT(EXCEPTION_APPLICATION);
				}

				/* Create the child process. */

				frk_pid = fork ();

				if (frk_pid == (pid_t) 0)
				{
					/* This is the child process. */
					dup2(inst->_info_pipe[1],2);
					close(inst->_info_pipe[0]);
					inst->_SongLen = 0;

					/* set the group (session) id to this process for future killing */
				setsid();


					execvp(exec_bin,cmd_ptr);


					exit(0);
				}

//parent reading from pipe
	inst->_main_thread = frk_pid;

					close(inst->_info_pipe[1]);
					inst->_info_pipe[1] = -1;

					inst->_current_state = PLAYING;

					int retrys = 0;

					while(inst->_current_state == PLAYING) // wont return from here till song is finished
					{
						char Tmp[50];

						int r = read(inst->_info_pipe[0], Tmp,50);

						if(r > 0)
						{
							retrys = 0;
							inst->ParseOutput(Tmp, r);
						}
						else
						{
							retrys++;
							if(retrys == 2)
							{
								__SERVERDBG("retrys");
								//inst->StopPlayerApp();
								//inst->_current_state = STOPPED;
								break;
							}

							if(inst->_current_state != PLAYING)
							{
								__SERVERDBG("No longer playing");
							}
						}
					}

					inst->FlushParser();

//Kill function
void MP3Controller::StopPlayerApp()
{
	pid_t t = 0;

	if(_main_thread == -1) // not thread running
		return;

	//Stop player

	/*if (killpg(_main_thread, SIGINT) == -1)
	{
	//	os::sleep(100);
		//kill(-_main_thread, 2);
	}*/

	int killReturn = killpg(_main_thread, SIGINT) ;

	if( killReturn == ESRCH)      // pid does not exist
	{
		__SERVERDBG("Group does not exist!");
	}
	else if( killReturn == EPERM) // No permission to send signal
	{
		  __SERVERDBG("No permission to send signal!");
	}
	else
		__SERVERDBG("No problem sending sig!");

	int childExitStatus;

	t = waitpid (_main_thread, &childExitStatus, WNOHANG);

	if (t != _main_thread)
	{
		__SERVERDBG("error %i" , errno);
	//	waitpid (_main_thread, NULL, 0);
	}

	_main_thread = -1;

	// Close pipes
    close(_info_pipe[0]); // shut pipe from MP3 app
    _info_pipe[0] = -1;

    FlushParser();
}

Last edited by ajb181; 11-15-2009 at 04:51 PM. Reason: more info
 
Old 11-15-2009, 05:36 PM   #2
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What version of linux is this? Is there a way you can change your keyboard layout so that when you press ctrl+alt+del it give you all the running processes so you can make sure you are calling and killing the right pid?
 
  


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