- Check for child status to clean up processes

client/spawner.py

@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ def main(argv):
         if (len(spawnlist) > 0):
             spawn_process(spawnlist)
 
+        # Check for child exit status so we don't have zombies
+        try:
+            os.waitpid(-1, os.WNOHANG)
+        except:
+            pass
+
         logger.info('Sleeping until next loop iteration')
 
         # Sleep until the beginning of the next minute
@@ -284,7 +290,8 @@ def spawn_process(spawnlist):
         try:
             pid = os.fork()
             if pid > 0:
-                sys.exit(0)
+                #sys.exit(0)
+                os._exit(0)
         except OSError, e:
             sys.stderr.write('fork #2 failed: ({0}) {1}'.format(e.errno,
                                                                 e.strerror))
@@ -362,7 +369,8 @@ def spawn_process(spawnlist):
 
         os.remove(tmpfile)
 
-        sys.exit(0)
+        #sys.exit(0)
+        os._exit(0)
 
 def open_timing_database():
     logger.info('Opening timing database')