testsigchld5

gistfile1.c

/* gcc -DEV_STANDALONE=1 testsigchld5.c -o testsigchld5
 *
 * Expected output: infinite sequence of "*."
 *
 * Actual output:
 *   denis@denis-laptop:~/work/libev-cvs$ ./testsigchld4
 *   Alarm clock
 * (and the subprocess exits 60 seconds later).
 *
 * */
#include "ev.c"


void stop_child(struct ev_loop* loop, ev_child *w, int revents) {
    ev_child_stop(loop, w);
}

int CHECK(int retcode) {
    if (retcode < 0) {
        perror("fail");
        _exit(1);
    }
    return retcode;
}

void subprocess(void) {
    int pid;
    if (pid = CHECK(fork())) {
        //sleep(1);
        struct ev_child child;
        ev_child_init(&child, stop_child, pid, 0);
        ev_child_start(EV_DEFAULT, &child);
        ev_run(EV_DEFAULT, 0);
        CHECK(fprintf(stderr, "*"));
    }
    else {
        _exit(0);
    }
}

void test_main(void) {
    ev_default_loop(EVBACKEND_SELECT);

    int pid = CHECK(fork());
    if (!pid) {
        ev_loop_fork(EV_DEFAULT);
        // fix 1: replace ev_loop_fork with loop re-creation and it would work
        //ev_loop_destroy(EV_DEFAULT);
        //ev_default_loop(EVBACKEND_SELECT);
        // fix 2:
        // ev_run(EV_DEFAULT, 0);
        subprocess();
        _exit(0);
    }

    alarm(5);
    waitpid(pid, 0, 0);
    alarm(0);

    ev_loop_destroy(EV_DEFAULT);
}

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    while (1) {
        test_main();
        CHECK(fprintf(stderr, "."));
    }
}

This fixes it:

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RCS file: /schmorpforge/libev/ev.c,v
retrieving revision 1.447
diff -r1.447 ev.c
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< 
<   if (!ev_active (&pipe_w))
<     return;
< 
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> ```