@@ -309,6 +309,18 @@ class TaskQueueManager:

     def terminate(self):

         self._terminated = True

+    def has_dead_workers(self):

+

+        # [<WorkerProcess(WorkerProcess-2, stopped[SIGKILL])>,

+        # <WorkerProcess(WorkerProcess-2, stopped[SIGTERM])>

+

+        defunct = False

+        for idx,x in enumerate(self._workers):

+            if hasattr(x[0], 'exitcode'):

+                if x[0].exitcode in [-9, -15]:

+                    defunct = True

+        return defunct

+

     def send_callback(self, method_name, *args, **kwargs):

         for callback_plugin in [self._stdout_callback] + self._callback_plugins:

             # a plugin that set self.disabled to True will not be called

@@ -443,9 +443,14 @@ class StrategyBase:

         display.debug("waiting for pending results...")

         while self._pending_results > 0 and not self._tqm._terminated:

+

+            if self._tqm.has_dead_workers():

+                raise AnsibleError("A worker was found in a dead state")

+

             results = self._process_pending_results(iterator)

             ret_results.extend(results)

-            time.sleep(0.0001)

+            time.sleep(0.005)

+

         display.debug("no more pending results, returning what we have")

         return ret_results

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class TestStrategyBase(unittest.TestCase):

                 raise Queue.Empty

             else:

                 return queue_items.pop()

-            

+

         mock_queue = MagicMock()

         mock_queue.empty.side_effect = _queue_empty

         mock_queue.get.side_effect = _queue_get

@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ class TestStrategyBase(unittest.TestCase):

         strategy_base._variable_manager = mock_var_mgr

         strategy_base._blocked_hosts = dict()

+        def _has_dead_workers():

+            return False            

+

+        strategy_base._tqm.has_dead_workers = _has_dead_workers

         results = strategy_base._wait_on_pending_results(iterator=mock_iterator)

         self.assertEqual(len(results), 0)