1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 03baf42..c2bd871 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ static void setmfact(const Arg *arg);
 static void setup(void);
 static void seturgent(Client *c, int urg);
 static void showhide(Client *c);
-static void sigchld(int unused);
 static void spawn(const Arg *arg);
 static void tag(const Arg *arg);
 static void tagmon(const Arg *arg);
@@ -1543,9 +1542,16 @@ setup(void)
 	int i;
 	XSetWindowAttributes wa;
 	Atom utf8string;
+	struct sigaction sa;
 
-	/* clean up any zombies immediately */
-	sigchld(0);
+	/* do not transform children into zombies when they terminate */
+	sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+	sa.sa_flags = SA_NOCLDSTOP | SA_NOCLDWAIT | SA_RESTART;
+	sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+	sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL);
+
+	/* clean up any zombies (inherited from .xinitrc etc) immediately */
+	while (waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG) > 0);
 
 	/* init screen */
 	screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
@@ -1639,14 +1645,6 @@ showhide(Client *c)
 }
 
 void
-sigchld(int unused)
-{
-	if (signal(SIGCHLD, sigchld) == SIG_ERR)
-		die("can't install SIGCHLD handler:");
-	while (0 < waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG));
-}
-
-void
 spawn(const Arg *arg)
 {
 	if (arg->v == dmenucmd)