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os/exec: don't use a thread to wait on processes #15103

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bradfitz opened this issue Apr 4, 2016 · 2 comments
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os/exec: don't use a thread to wait on processes #15103

bradfitz opened this issue Apr 4, 2016 · 2 comments
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bradfitz commented Apr 4, 2016

See moby/moby#11529

There's no reasons why Docker should have to work around the standard library to reduce their thread count with large numbers of processes.

We could make os/exec.Cmd.Wait efficient instead.

/cc @ianlancetaylor
@bradfitz bradfitz changed the title os/exec: don os/exec: don't use a thread to wait on processes Apr 4, 2016
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robpike commented Apr 4, 2016

Do "modern" systems have anything like Plan 9's wait file? http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/3/proc

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