From 3f16cb502cf95fce42f176d8d3e38ca8f9067a87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andreastaliad <it2023071@hua.gr>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 15:21:33 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] added auto-reaping to childeren

---
 fork_bomb/fork_bomb.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fork_bomb/fork_bomb.c b/fork_bomb/fork_bomb.c
index 5daf7b2..4ccb024 100644
--- a/fork_bomb/fork_bomb.c
+++ b/fork_bomb/fork_bomb.c
@@ -276,6 +276,12 @@ int main(void)
   sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL);
   sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, NULL);
 
+  struct sigaction sa_chld;
+  memset(&sa_chld, 0, sizeof(sa_chld));
+  sa_chld.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+  sa_chld.sa_flags = SA_NOCLDWAIT;
+  sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa_chld, NULL);
+
   pid_t fork_pgid = getpgrp();
   int owns_pgrp = 0;
   if (!isatty(STDIN_FILENO) || tcgetpgrp(STDIN_FILENO) != fork_pgid) {