Re: expected behavior when a signal is sent to the ptraced child

Andreas Schwab
2006-05-25T09:06:54Z

Wu Zhou <woodzltc@cn.ibm.com> writes:

> What I expect is the parent will at least output:
>
> stopped by signal 5
>
> What is the problem here? Did I make something wrong?

You need to use waitpid/wait4 and add WUNTRACED to the options parameter.
Without that you'll never receive notification of stopped processes.

Andreas.

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