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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/linux-fork.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/linux-fork.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/linux-fork.c b/gdb/linux-fork.c index a9f5faecfbe..fcc8a29e7ad 100644 --- a/gdb/linux-fork.c +++ b/gdb/linux-fork.c @@ -337,7 +337,9 @@ linux_fork_killall (void) { pid = PIDGET (fp->ptid); do { - ptrace (PT_KILL, pid, 0, 0); + /* Use SIGKILL instead of PTRACE_KILL because the former works even + if the thread is running, while the later doesn't. */ + kill (pid, SIGKILL); ret = waitpid (pid, &status, 0); /* We might get a SIGCHLD instead of an exit status. This is aggravated by the first kill above - a child has just |