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From:
Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>
Subject:
Re: One reaper per CPU
To:
cjeker@diehard.n-r-g.com, cludwig@genua.de, mpi@openbsd.org, tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Thu, 11 Jul 2024 04:50:46 -0600

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  • Theo de Raadt:

    One reaper per CPU

I disagree strongly about the existance of the reaper.
When multiple processes die, it serializes their waitpid in their parents.
Small processes will be delayed after big earlier ones.
The reaper is wrong.