> That being said, it’s not clear PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER actually causes grand children to be killed when the reaper process dies
CHILD_SUBREAPER kills neither children nor grandchildren. It's effect is in the other direction, inteded for sub-service-managers that want to keep track of all children. If the subreaper dies, children are reparented to the next subreaper up (or init).
CHILD_SUBREAPER kills neither children nor grandchildren. It's effect is in the other direction, inteded for sub-service-managers that want to keep track of all children. If the subreaper dies, children are reparented to the next subreaper up (or init).