Why zsh hangs during command substitution?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • zsh hangs during command substitution
  • It hangs in rt_sig state in getoutput()
  • zsh may hang waiting for SIGCHLD of process forked for command substitution which has been handled before waitforpid() was called in getoutput().

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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