--- httpd-2.2.6/server/mpm/prefork/prefork-old.c	2007-10-24 15:15:41 -07:00
+++ httpd-2.2.6/server/mpm/prefork/prefork.c	2007-10-24 15:17:57 -07:00
@@ -949,6 +949,12 @@
         ap_scoreboard_image->global->running_generation = ap_my_generation;
     }
 
+    /* initialize before adding the signal handlers to avoid a race
+     * condition which previously existed when a signal was received
+     * while the child processes were being spawned 
+     */
+    restart_pending = shutdown_pending = 0;
+
     set_signals();
 
     if (one_process) {
@@ -993,8 +999,6 @@
                 apr_proc_mutex_name(accept_mutex),
                 apr_proc_mutex_defname());
 #endif
-    restart_pending = shutdown_pending = 0;
-
     mpm_state = AP_MPMQ_RUNNING;
 
     while (!restart_pending && !shutdown_pending) {