Changes from arch/CVS synchronization

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c
index f3162c9d3e5..4611ce2c05c 100644
--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -6401,16 +6401,12 @@ sigchld_handler (signo)
 #define WUNTRACED 0
 #endif /* no WUNTRACED */
       /* Keep trying to get a status until we get a definitive result.  */
-      while (1) {
-        errno = 0;
-        pid = wait3 (&w, WNOHANG | WUNTRACED, 0);
-        if (! (pid < 0 && errno == EINTR))
-          break;
-        /* avoid a busyloop: wait3 is a system call, so we do not want
-           to prevent the kernel from actually sending SIGCHLD to emacs
-           by asking for it all the time */
-        sleep (1);
-      }
+      do
+        {
+          errno = 0;
+          pid = wait3 (&w, WNOHANG | WUNTRACED, 0);
+        }
+      while (pid < 0 && errno == EINTR);
 
       if (pid <= 0)
         {