Problem with zombie processes

[Mark Geisert]

Erik Bray wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Mark Geisert <XXXX@XXXXXX.XXX> wrote:

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>> Erik Bray wrote:
>>>
>>> The attached Python script
>>
>> ??
>
> D'oh!  Here is the script.  It at least demonstrates the problem.
>
[...]

Thanks!  Running this script repeatedly on my system (Win7, 2 cores / 4 HT 
threads) showed no differences between your Test 1 and Test 2.  Each Test 
concludes in one of three ways, seemingly randomly: (1) read of /proc/<pid>/stat 
succeeds and process status is displayed, (2) read fails with Python IOError, 
(3) read apparently succeeds but there's no process data displayed.

An strace of your script shows Python itself is calling wait4() to reap the 
child process.  So, as Doug suggested on another thread, the script's actions 
are just subject to the whims of process scheduling and vary from run to run.

..mark




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