process-util: make some minor corrections to PID live detection

diff --git a/src/basic/process-util.c b/src/basic/process-util.c
index 8a1f54db81b61fd6949401cb81b389e4b9942b54..5825944c90414a954f14a3fb4c05de9ff60b55cc 100644 (file)
--- a/src/basic/process-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/process-util.c
@@ -556,9 +556,12 @@ int getenv_for_pid(pid_t pid, const char *field, char **_value) {
 bool pid_is_unwaited(pid_t pid) {
         /* Checks whether a PID is still valid at all, including a zombie */
 
-        if (pid <= 0)
+        if (pid < 0)
                 return false;
 
+        if (pid <= 1) /* If we or PID 1 would be dead and have been waited for, this code would not be running */
+                return true;
+
         if (kill(pid, 0) >= 0)
                 return true;
 
@@ -570,9 +573,12 @@ bool pid_is_alive(pid_t pid) {
 
         /* Checks whether a PID is still valid and not a zombie */
 
-        if (pid <= 0)
+        if (pid < 0)
                 return false;
 
+        if (pid <= 1) /* If we or PID 1 would be a zombie, this code would not be running */
+                return true;
+
         r = get_process_state(pid);
         if (r == -ESRCH || r == 'Z')
                 return false;