--- a/svr-chansession.c	Sun Feb 11 08:50:21 2007 +0000
+++ b/svr-chansession.c	Sun Feb 11 09:55:00 2007 +0000
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
 		struct ChanSess * chansess);
 static void send_msg_chansess_exitsignal(struct Channel * channel,
 		struct ChanSess * chansess);
-static int sesscheckclose(struct Channel *channel);
 static void get_termmodes(struct ChanSess *chansess);
 
 
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@
 
 static int sesscheckclose(struct Channel *channel) {
 	struct ChanSess *chansess = (struct ChanSess*)channel->typedata;
-	return chansess->exit.exitpid >= 0;
+	return chansess->exit.exitpid != -1;
 }
 
 /* Handler for childs exiting, store the state for return to the client */
@@ -121,9 +120,21 @@
 			/* we use this to determine how pid exited */
 			exit->exitsignal = -1;
 		}
+		
+		/* Make sure that the main select() loop wakes up */
+		while (1) {
+			/* EAGAIN means the pipe's full, so don't need to write anything */
+			/* isserver is just a random byte to write */
+			if (write(ses.signal_pipe[1], &ses.isserver, 1) == 1 || errno == EAGAIN) {
+				break;
+			}
+			if (errno == EINTR) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			dropbear_exit("error writing signal pipe");
+		}
 	}
 
-	
 	sa_chld.sa_handler = sesssigchild_handler;
 	sa_chld.sa_flags = SA_NOCLDSTOP;
 	sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa_chld, NULL);
@@ -245,16 +256,17 @@
 	unsigned int i;
 	struct logininfo *li;
 
+	TRACE(("enter closechansess"))
+
 	chansess = (struct ChanSess*)channel->typedata;
 
-	send_exitsignalstatus(channel);
-
-	TRACE(("enter closechansess"))
 	if (chansess == NULL) {
 		TRACE(("leave closechansess: chansess == NULL"))
 		return;
 	}
 
+	send_exitsignalstatus(channel);
+
 	m_free(chansess->cmd);
 	m_free(chansess->term);