(delete_child): Don't terminate threads of zombies.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/w32proc.c b/src/w32proc.c
index adf5152f267..c21d589c525 100644
--- a/src/w32proc.c
+++ b/src/w32proc.c
@@ -216,12 +216,18 @@ delete_child (child_process *cp)
 	  /* let the thread exit cleanly if possible */
 	  cp->status = STATUS_READ_ERROR;
 	  SetEvent (cp->char_consumed);
+#if 0
+          /* We used to forceably terminate the thread here, but it
+             is normally unnecessary, and in abnormal cases, the worst that
+             will happen is we have an extra idle thread hanging around
+             waiting for the zombie process.  */
 	  if (WaitForSingleObject (cp->thrd, 1000) != WAIT_OBJECT_0)
 	    {
 	      DebPrint (("delete_child.WaitForSingleObject (thread) failed "
 			 "with %lu for fd %ld\n", GetLastError (), cp->fd));
 	      TerminateThread (cp->thrd, 0);
 	    }
+#endif
 	}
       CloseHandle (cp->thrd);
       cp->thrd = NULL;