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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 10:03:21 -0800
From: "Jin Guojun[ITG]" <jin@george.lbl.gov>
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To: pthreads@MIT.EDU
Subject: select exited on signal 6
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Does any one know why this happens?  Please help.

% cc testing.c -lpthread
% .a.out
foobar:printing PID:20402
main:printing, PID:20401
main:printing, PID:20401
main:printing, PID:20401
^C

% tail /var/log/messages
Feb  2 09:32:16 hostname /kernel: pid 20402: a.out: uid 010: exited on signal 6

------------------------------- testing.c -----------------------------

void *foobar()
{
int cnt=3;
struct timeval to={5,0};
        while(cnt-->0)
        {
                printf("foobar:printing PID:%d\n",getpid());
                select(10,NULL,NULL,NULL,&to);
        }
}

main()
{
int cnt=3;
struct timeval to={5,0};

        if (fork()==0)
                foobar();

        while(cnt-->0)
        {
                printf("main:printing, PID:%d\n",getpid());
                select(10,NULL,NULL,NULL,&to);
        }
}

------------------------------- testing.c -----------------------------

compile:
	cc testing.c -lpthread