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Add logic to retain child task exit status if so configured

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@@ -42,13 +42,88 @@ config SCHED_HAVE_PARENT
bool "Support parent/child task relationships"
default n
---help---
Remember the ID of the parent thread when a new child thread is
Remember the ID of the parent task when a new child task is
created. This support enables some additional features (such as
SIGCHLD) and modifies the behavior of other interfaces. For
example, it makes waitpid() more standards complete by restricting
the waited-for tasks to the children of the caller. Default:
disabled.
config SCHED_CHILD_STATUS
bool "Retain child exit status"
default n
depends on SCHED_HAVE_PARENT
---help---
If this option is selected, then the exit status of the child task
will be retained after the child task exits. This option should be
selected if you require knowledge of a child process' exit status.
Without this setting, wait(), waitpid() or waitid() may fail. For
example, if you do:
1) Start child task
2) Wait for exit status (using wait(), waitpid(), or waitid()).
This can fail because the child task may run to completion before
the wait begins. There is a non-standard work-around in this case:
The above sequence will work if you disable pre-emption using
sched_lock() prior to starting the child task, then re-enable pre-
emption with sched_unlock() after the wait completes. This works
because the child task is not permitted to run until the wait is in
place.
The standard solution would be to enable SCHED_CHILD_STATUS. In
this case the exit status of the child task is retained after the
child exits and the wait will successful obtain the child task's
exit status whether it is called before the child task exits or not.
Warning: If you enable this feature, then your application must
either (1) take responsibility for reaping the child status with wait(),
waitpid(), or waitid(), or (2) suppress retention of child status.
If you do not reap the child status, then you have a memory leak and
your system will eventually fail.
Retention of child status can be suppressed on the parent using logic like:
struct sigaction sa;
sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
sa.sa_flags = SA_NOCLDWAIT;
int ret = sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL);
config PREALLOC_CHILDSTATUS
int "Number of pre-allocated child status"
default 0
depends on SCHED_CHILD_STATUS
---help---
To prevent runaway child status allocations and to improve
allocation performance, child task exit status structures are pre-
allocated when the system boots. This setting determines the number
of child status structures that will be pre-allocated. If this
setting is not defined or if it is defined to be zero then a value
of 2*MAX_TASKS is used.
Note that there cannot be more that CONFIG_MAX_TASKS tasks in total.
However, the number of child status structures may need to be
significantly larger because this number includes the maximum number
of tasks that are running PLUS the number of tasks that have exit'ed
without having their exit status reaped (via wait(), waitid(), or
waitpid()).
Obviously, if tasks spawn children indefinitely and never have the
exit status reaped, then you may have a memory leak! If you enable
the SCHED_CHILD_STATUS feature, then your application must take
responsibility for either (1) reaping the child status with wait(),
waitpid(), or waitid() or it must (2) suppress retention of child
status. Otherwise, your system will eventually fail.
Retention of child status can be suppressed on the parent using logic like:
struct sigaction sa;
sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
sa.sa_flags = SA_NOCLDWAIT;
int ret = sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL);
config JULIAN_TIME
bool "Enables Julian time conversions"
default n
@@ -88,7 +163,7 @@ config PRIORITY_INHERITANCE
Set to enable support for priority inheritance on mutexes and semaphores.
config SEM_PREALLOCHOLDERS
int "Pre-allocated holders"
int "Number of pre-allocated holders"
default 16
depends on PRIORITY_INHERITANCE
---help---