# HG changeset patch
# User Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
# Date 1677936604 -3600
# Node ID 60f330eb0376e94e6b83bcba169f2e68bd95ee9e
# Parent  136482cd3234ce6408a7091f47885e105c34f9cd
patch 9.0.1377: job_status() may return "dead" if the process parent changed

Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5c6a3c9bad67c2ce766f55dbecb3461f14833a42
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date:   Sat Mar 4 13:23:26 2023 +0000

    patch 9.0.1377: job_status() may return "dead" if the process parent changed

    Problem:    job_status() may return "dead" if the process parent changed.
    Solution:   Call mch_process_running() to check if the job is still alive.

diff --git a/src/os_unix.c b/src/os_unix.c
--- a/src/os_unix.c
+++ b/src/os_unix.c
@@ -5863,10 +5863,17 @@ mch_job_status(job_T *job)
 # endif
     if (wait_pid == -1)
     {
+	int waitpid_errno = errno;
+	if (waitpid_errno == ECHILD && mch_process_running(job->jv_pid))
+	    // The process is alive, but it was probably reparented (for
+	    // example by ptrace called by a debugger like lldb or gdb).
+	    // Note: This assumes that process IDs are not reused.
+	    return "run";
+
 	// process must have exited
 	if (job->jv_status < JOB_ENDED)
 	    ch_log(job->jv_channel, "Job no longer exists: %s",
-							      strerror(errno));
+						      strerror(waitpid_errno));
 	goto return_dead;
     }
     if (wait_pid == 0)
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -696,6 +696,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1377,
+/**/
     1376,
 /**/
     1375,