From 49ddc38cb4bad2dc8c4a3bc97a453843b3aaf245 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:50:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #815

---
 src/calibre/parallel.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/parallel.py b/src/calibre/parallel.py
index e174f37c7c..f8a50d3859 100644
--- a/src/calibre/parallel.py
+++ b/src/calibre/parallel.py
@@ -341,8 +341,11 @@ class Overseer(object):
                 pass
         else:
             try:
-                self.os.kill(self.worker_pid, self.signal.SIGKILL)
-                time.sleep(0.05)
+                try:
+                    self.os.kill(self.worker_pid, self.signal.SIGKILL)
+                    time.sleep(0.5)
+                finally:
+                    self.worker_status.kill()
             except:
                 pass