Re: delete-process bug

[Michaël Cadilhac]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> Thanks for working on this.  I agree that `live_deleted_processes'
> is a good name.  ("Zombie process" has a different meaning.)
>
> However, maybe there is still a race condition.  Suppose the signal
> comes in the middle of the line
>
>     +      live_deleted_processes = Fcons (make_number (p->pid),
>     +                               /* GC previous elements.  */
>     +                               Fdelq (Qnil, live_deleted_processes));
>
> Suppose it comes between there and the call to remove_process?
> Does the right thing happen in all these cases?

I think so. In fact, synchronous  process will be said to be dead, but
as we  are calling at this  moment delete-process, we  are not working
with any synchronous processes.

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