- pod cleanup
- fix for potential parent segfault (Jeff Trawick)

--- httpd-2.0.48/server/mpm/worker/pod.c.worker
+++ httpd-2.0.48/server/mpm/worker/pod.c
@@ -105,31 +105,13 @@
     return AP_NORESTART;
 }
 
-AP_DECLARE(apr_status_t) ap_mpm_pod_close(ap_pod_t *pod)
-{
-    apr_status_t rv;
-
-    rv = apr_file_close(pod->pod_out);
-    if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
-        return rv;
-    }
-
-    rv = apr_file_close(pod->pod_in);
-    if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
-        return rv;
-    }
-    return rv;
-}
-
 static apr_status_t pod_signal_internal(ap_pod_t *pod, int graceful)
 {
     apr_status_t rv;
     char char_of_death = graceful ? GRACEFUL_CHAR : RESTART_CHAR;
     apr_size_t one = 1;
 
-    do {
-        rv = apr_file_write(pod->pod_out, &char_of_death, &one);
-    } while (APR_STATUS_IS_EINTR(rv));
+    rv = apr_file_write(pod->pod_out, &char_of_death, &one);
     if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
         ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_WARNING, rv, ap_server_conf,
                      "write pipe_of_death");
--- httpd-2.0.48/server/mpm/worker/worker.c.worker
+++ httpd-2.0.48/server/mpm/worker/worker.c
@@ -1483,6 +1483,7 @@
             }
         }
         if (any_dead_threads && totally_free_length < idle_spawn_rate 
+            && free_length < MAX_SPAWN_RATE
                 && (!ps->pid               /* no process in the slot */
                     || ps->quiescing)) {   /* or at least one is going away */
             if (all_dead_threads) {