Re: Multiprocessing: killing children when parent dies

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Date	2011-12-03 02:13 +1100
Subject	Re: Multiprocessing: killing children when parent dies
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Mihai Badoiu <mbadoiu@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the multiprocessing module, on a Process p, by just doing p.daemon=1
> before p.start(), we can make the child die when the parent exits.  However,
> the child does not die if the parent gets killed.
> How can I make sure the child die when the parent gets killed?

Are you in control of the killing of the parent? One easy way would be
to catch the signal (say SIGINT) and initiate an orderly shutdown,
signalling the children first.

ChrisA

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Re: Multiprocessing: killing children when parent dies Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-03 02:13 +1100
  Re: Multiprocessing: killing children when parent dies 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-02 07:57 -0800
  Re: Multiprocessing: killing children when parent dies 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-02 07:57 -0800
    Re: Multiprocessing: killing children when parent dies Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-03 03:14 +1100
      Re: Multiprocessing: killing children when parent dies 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-02 08:27 -0800
      Re: Multiprocessing: killing children when parent dies 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-02 08:27 -0800
        Re: Multiprocessing: killing children when parent dies Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2011-12-07 11:50 -0800

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