sleep() got woken by SIGCHLD
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Description
nxsig_tcbdispatch seems to wake up a task even for ignored signals.
i got surprised as SIGCHLD woken up my app unexpectedly.
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Research direction
Start by tracing nxsig_tcbdispatch and the sleep wake-up path, focusing on how ignored SIGCHLD is handled. Reproduce the report with an application sleeping while a child exits, then verify that an ignored SIGCHLD no longer wakes the task unexpectedly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100