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authorDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2009-07-19 14:29:18 +0200
committerDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2009-07-19 14:29:18 +0200
commit3ed181b7ac8e696cd28caf003ae9dcbeebc03757 (patch)
tree5bd0019e71d7d00a93381e2935babfb92b2ce9b9 /init
parent4abfc2642dcff669798364835f53c804b3d7bcef (diff)
init: make comment more understandable. no code changes
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'init')
-rw-r--r--init/init.c13
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index ce264283a..35f64cf8a 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -960,7 +960,6 @@ int init_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
bb_signals_recursive_norestart((1 << SIGHUP), record_signo);
/* Now run the looping stuff for the rest of forever.
- * NB: if delayed signal happened, avoid blocking in wait().
*/
while (1) {
int maybe_WNOHANG;
@@ -976,10 +975,11 @@ int init_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
maybe_WNOHANG |= check_delayed_sigs();
/* Wait for any child process(es) to exit.
- * NB: "delayed" signals will also interrupt this wait(),
- * bb_signals_recursive_norestart() set them up for that.
- * This guarantees we won't be stuck here
- * till next orphan dies.
+ *
+ * If check_delayed_sigs above reported that a signal
+ * was caught, wait will be nonblocking. This ensures
+ * that if SIGHUP has reloaded inittab, respawn and askfirst
+ * actions will not be delayed until next child death.
*/
if (maybe_WNOHANG)
maybe_WNOHANG = WNOHANG;
@@ -987,6 +987,9 @@ int init_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
pid_t wpid;
struct init_action *a;
+ /* If signals happen _in_ the wait, they interrupt it,
+ * bb_signals_recursive_norestart set them up that way
+ */
wpid = waitpid(-1, NULL, maybe_WNOHANG);
if (wpid <= 0)
break;