(sigchld_handler): Delay by 1ms instead of 1s to

alleviate sluggishness (the original problem is still fixed).

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 79770d0d717..e44c5197204 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-03-26  Sam Steingold  <sds@gnu.org>
+
+        * process.c (sigchld_handler): Delay by 1ms instead of 1s to
+        alleviate sluggishness (the original problem is still fixed).
+
 2007-03-25  Kim F. Storm  <storm@cua.dk>
 
         * intervals.c (merge_properties): Use explicit loop instead of
diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c
index 382db8b2578..b5e8f10bfab 100644
--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -6507,7 +6507,7 @@ sigchld_handler (signo)
              loadavg to 5-8(!) for ~10 seconds.
              See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/67722 or
              http://www.google.com/search?q=busyloop+in+sigchld_handler */
-          sleep (1);
+          usleep (1000);
           errno = 0;
           pid = wait3 (&w, WNOHANG | WUNTRACED, 0);
         }