From fa0ce03c4a7d22aaf05f68615e6ef235f7e4d79f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andreastaliad <it2023071@hua.gr>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 11:48:57 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] added busy loop to see cpu spike

---
 fork_bomb/fork_bomb.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fork_bomb/fork_bomb.c b/fork_bomb/fork_bomb.c
index fed2c94..a4b3c75 100644
--- a/fork_bomb/fork_bomb.c
+++ b/fork_bomb/fork_bomb.c
@@ -289,8 +289,9 @@ int main(void)
     }
 
     if (pid == 0) {
-      pause();
-      return 0;
+      for (;;) { // busy loop to keep child processes alive
+        asm volatile("" ::: "memory");
+      }
     }
 
     count++;