From 06123fefe295f32fa46af09a3b7339c5eeb77a62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adamdunkels <adamdunkels>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:24:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Defensive programming: make sure that a process is actually
 running before we try to kill it.

---
 core/sys/process.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/sys/process.c b/core/sys/process.c
index da04bde9a..70adf673c 100644
--- a/core/sys/process.c
+++ b/core/sys/process.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  *
  * This file is part of the Contiki operating system.
  *
- * @(#)$Id: process.c,v 1.11 2010/09/14 18:55:04 dak664 Exp $
+ * @(#)$Id: process.c,v 1.12 2010/10/20 22:24:46 adamdunkels Exp $
  */
 
 /**
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ exit_process(struct process *p, struct process *fromprocess)
 
   PRINTF("process: exit_process '%s'\n", PROCESS_NAME_STRING(p));
 
+  /* Make sure the process is in the process list before we try to
+     exit it. */
+  for(q = process_list; q != p && q != NULL; q = q->next);
+  if(q == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   if(process_is_running(p)) {
     /* Process was running */
     p->state = PROCESS_STATE_NONE;
@@ -150,7 +157,7 @@ exit_process(struct process *p, struct process *fromprocess)
       p->thread(&p->pt, PROCESS_EVENT_EXIT, NULL);
     }
   }
-  
+
   if(p == process_list) {
     process_list = process_list->next;
   } else {