Process Assignment – 2
Team Emertxe
WAP to avoid a child become
zombie with out blocking the
parent.
Assignment - 2
Requirements
Create a child process avoid it become a zombie.
Assignment - 2
Requirements
Create a child process avoid it become a zombie.
Parent
Assignment - 2
Requirements
Create a child process avoid it become a zombie.
Parent pid 2019
Parent
Child
Assignment - 2
Requirements
Create a child process avoid it become a zombie.
Parent pid 2019
Child1 with Parent
PID 2020
created
Child
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Requirements
To avoid zombie we need to call wait(),
Parent pid 2019
Child1 with Parent
PID 2020
created
Child
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Requirements
To avoid zombie we need to call wait(), but this
block parent until child terminates.
Parent pid 2019
Child1 with Parent
PID 2020
created wait()
Child
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Requirements
But this block parent until child terminates.
Parent pid 2019
Child1 with Parent
PID 2020
created wait()
Child
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Requirements
But this block parent until child terminates.
Parent pid 2019
Child1 with Parent
PID 2020
created wait()
Child
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Requirements
So we need to use waitpid() with proper arguments
(Read man page).
Parent pid 2019
Child1 with Parent
PID 2020
created wait()
Child
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Requirements
So we need to use waitpid() with proper arguments
(Read man page).
Parent pid 2019
Child1 with Parent
PID 2020
created wait()
Child
waitpid()
Assignment - 2
Requirements
When child is working parent has to continuously
print some message.
When ever child terminates parent has to print child
terminated and print exit status of child process.
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Sample execution
1. ./nonblock_wait
A child created with pid 2020
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Sample execution
1. ./nonblock_wait
A child created with pid 2020
parent is running
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Sample execution
1. ./nonblock_wait
A child created with pid 2020
parent is running
parent is running
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Sample execution
1. ./nonblock_wait
A child created with pid 2020
parent is running
parent is running
parent is running
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Sample execution
1. ./nonblock_wait
A child created with pid 2020
parent is running
parent is running
parent is running
Child 2020 terminated normally with exit status 0
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Sample execution
1. ./nonblock_wait
A child created with pid 2020
parent is running
parent is running
parent is running
Child 2020 terminated normally with exit status 0
parent terminating
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Pre-requisites
Knowledge about system calls, How to read and
understand ‘man pages’.
Assignment - 2
Pre-requisites
Knowledge about system calls, How to read and
understand ‘man pages’.
Good knowledge about processes & zombie process.
Assignment - 2
Pre-requisites
Knowledge about system calls, How to read and
understand ‘man pages’.
Good knowledge about processes & zombie process.
Working of fork & wait system call.
Assignment - 2
Pre-requisites
Knowledge about system calls, How to read and
understand ‘man pages’.
Good knowledge about processes & zombie process.
Working of fork & wait system call.
Objective
To understand different states of a process.
