From 846b2bdf70bf9e10f35d3778c2923ee44dc37b97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikita Smith <git.nikita.smith@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 14:34:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix process reap in the join API

---
 src/linux/base/linux_base.c | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/linux/base/linux_base.c b/src/linux/base/linux_base.c
index cf764611..0152d64c 100644
--- a/src/linux/base/linux_base.c
+++ b/src/linux/base/linux_base.c
@@ -1285,15 +1285,12 @@ process_join(Process process, U64 endt_us, U64 *exit_code_out)
   B32 result = 0;
   if(endt_us == 0)
   {
-    if(kill(pid, 0) >= 0)
+    if(kill(pid, 0) == 0)
     {
-      result = (errno == ENOENT);
-      if(result)
-      {
-        int status;
-        waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
-      }
+      int status;
+      waitpid(pid, &status, WNOHANG);
     }
+    else { Assert(0 && "failed to get status from pid"); }
   }
   else if(endt_us == max_U64)
   {