Terminate an ongoing QProcess that is running inside a QThread?
DbManager::extCmd(){
    ...
    QMutexLocker locker(&extCmdProcessLock);
    extCmdProcess = new QProcess(this);
    QString argStr  += " --p1=1"
                    +  " --p2=3";
    extCmdProcess->start(cmd,argStr.split(QString(" ")));
    bool startedSuccessfully = extCmdProcess->waitForStarted();
    if (!startedSuccessfully) {
       extCmdProcess->close();
       extCmdProcess->kill();
       extCmdProcess->waitForFinished();
       delete extCmdProcess;
       extCmdProcess = NULL;
       return;
    }
    bool successfullyFinished = extCmdProcess->waitForFinished(-1);
    if (!successfullyFinished) {
       qDebug() << "finishing failed"; // Appendix C
       extCmdProcess->close();
       extCmdProcess->kill();
       extCmdProcess->waitForFinished(-1);
       delete extCmdProcess;
       extCmdProcess = NULL;
       return;
   }
   extCmdProcess->close();
   delete extCmdProcess;
   extCmdProcess = NULL;
}

DbManager::~DbManager(){
    qDebug() << "DB DbManager destructor called.";
    QMutexLocker locker(&extCmdProcessLock);
    if (extCmdProcess!= NULL){
       this->extCmdProcess->kill(); // added after Appendix A
       this->extCmdProcess->waitForFinished();
    }
}

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#1  0x00007f25e0392d0b in QSocketNotifier::QSocketNotifier () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#2  0x00007f25e0350bf8 in ?? () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#3  0x00007f25e03513ef in ?? () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#4  0x00007f25e03115da in QProcess::start () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#5  0x0000000000428628 in DbManager::extCmd()
#6  0x000000000042ca06 in DbManager::storePos ()
#7  0x000000000044f51c in DeviceConnection::incomingData ()
#8  0x00000000004600fb in DeviceConnection::qt_metacall ()
#9  0x00007f25e0388782 in QObject::event () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#10 0x00007f25e0376e3f in QCoreApplicationPrivate::notify_helper () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#11 0x00007f25e0376e86 in QCoreApplication::notify () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#12 0x00007f25e0376ba4 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#13 0x00007f25e0377901 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#14 0x00007f25e03a4500 in QEventDispatcherUNIX::processEvents () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#15 0x00007f25e0375e15 in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#16 0x00007f25e0376066 in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#17 0x00007f25e0277715 in QThread::exec () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#18 0x00007f25e027a596 in ?? () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#19 0x00007f25df9b43f7 in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#20 0x00007f25def89b4d in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6
#21 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

#0  0x00007fc94e9796b0 in QProcess::setProcessState () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#1  0x00007fc94e97998b in QProcess::waitForStarted () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#2  0x00007fc94e979a12 in QProcess::waitForFinished () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#3  0x0000000000425681 in DbManager::extCmd()
#4  0x0000000000426fb6 in DbManager::storePos ()
#5  0x000000000044d51c in DeviceConnection::incomingData ()
#6  0x000000000045fb7b in DeviceConnection::qt_metacall ()
#7  0x00007fc94e9f4782 in QObject::event () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#8  0x00007fc94e9e2e3f in QCoreApplicationPrivate::notify_helper () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#9  0x00007fc94e9e2e86 in QCoreApplication::notify () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#10 0x00007fc94e9e2ba4 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#11 0x00007fc94e9e3901 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#12 0x00007fc94ea10500 in QEventDispatcherUNIX::processEvents () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#13 0x00007fc94e9e1e15 in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#14 0x00007fc94e9e2066 in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#15 0x00007fc94e8e3715 in QThread::exec () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#16 0x00007fc94e8e6596 in ?? () from /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#17 0x00007fc94e0203f7 in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#18 0x00007fc94d5f5b4d in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6
#19 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

class Query : public QObject
{
  Q_OBJECT
public:
  Query(QObject * parent = 0) : QObject(parent) {
    connect(process, SIGNAL(error(QProcess::ProcessError)), SLOT(error()));
    connect(process, SIGNAL(finished(int,QProcess::ExitStatus)), SLOT(finished(int,QProcess::ExitStatus)));
  }
  ~Query() { process.kill(); }
  void start() {
    QTimer::singleShot(0, this, SLOT(slot1()));
  }
protected slots:
  void slot1() {
    // do a database query
    process.start(....);
    next = &Query::slot2;
  }
protected:
  // slot2 and slot3 don't have to be slots
  void slot2() {
    if (result == Error) {...}
    else {...}
    // another database query
    process.start(...); // yet another process gets fired
    next = &Query::slot3;
  }
  void slot3() {
    if (result == Error) {...}
    deleteLater();
  }

protected slots:
  void error() {
    result = Error;
    (this->*next)();
  }
  void finished(int code, QProcess::ExitStatus status) {
    result = Finished;
    exitCode = code;
    exitStatus = status;
    (this->*next)();
  }
private:
  QProcess process;
  enum { Error, Finished } result;
  int exitCode;
  QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus;
  void (Query::* next)();
};