[lldb-dev] Tests leaving behind zombie processes on OS X

[Vince Harron]

http://superuser.com/questions/385818/what-to-do-if-kill-9-doesnt-work


On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Chaoren Lin <chaorenl at google.com> wrote:

> Hi Greg,
>
> The following tests leave behind zombie a.out processes on OS X after
> finishing:
>
>    - TestGdbRemoteAbort.py
>    - TestGdbRemoteSegFault.py
>    - TestGdbRemote_vCont.py
>    - TestGdbRemoteSingleStep.py
>    - TestLldbGdbServer.py
>
> Since the parent is launchd, there is no way to remove them. Eventually
> our OS X buildbot runs into a zombie apocalypse, and must be rebooted.
>
> This seems to be a bug in launchd, since it should be reaping the zombies.
>
> Is there anything we can do about this?
>
> Thanks,
> Chaoren
>



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