From: Theo de Raadt 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 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.