Patch from Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> to do

automatic child reaping to avoid zombies

diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 7ab50cffee6bc7d54abeef02ce1dae4f50301ba2..013f55c68fe5dac6bb01404b647d35343c871c76 100644 (file)
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -1061,6 +1061,7 @@ extern int init_main(int argc, char **argv)
        signal(SIGCONT, cont_handler);
        signal(SIGSTOP, stop_handler);
        signal(SIGTSTP, stop_handler);
+       signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
 
        /* Turn off rebooting via CTL-ALT-DEL -- we get a 
         * SIGINT on CAD so we can shut things down gracefully... */