diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/nodestat.pm b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/nodestat.pm
index e8215c6c2..a2fddcaff 100644
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/nodestat.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/nodestat.pm
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ package xCAT_plugin::nodestat;
 
 use Socket;
 use IO::Handle;
-use Storable qw/freeze thaw/;
 my $stat;
-my $children;
 
 sub handled_commands {
    return { 
@@ -67,98 +65,37 @@ sub process_request {
    my $doreq = shift;
    my @nodes = @{$request->{node}};
    my $node;
-   my $child_handles = new IO::Select;
-   $children=0;
-   $SIG{CHLD} = sub {while (waitpid(-1, WNOHANG) > 0) { $children--; }};
    foreach $node (@nodes) {
-      my $parent;
-      my $childfd;
-      undef ($parent);
-      undef ($childfd);
-      socketpair($childfd,$parent,AF_UNIX,SOCK_STREAM,PF_UNSPEC) or die "socketpair: $!";
-      my $child;
-      $child = xCAT::Utils->xfork;
-      unless (defined $child) { die "Fork failure"; }
-      if ($child==0) { #This is the child
-         close($childfd);
-         undef $SIG{CHLD};
-         my %rsp;
-         my $text="";
-         $rsp{name}=[$node];
-         unless (pinghost($node)) {
-            $rsp{data} = [ 'noping' ];
-            $callback->({node=>[\%rsp]});
-            next;
-         }
-         if (nodesockopen($node,15002)) {
-            $rsp{data} = [ 'pbs' ];
-            print $parent freeze({node=>[\%rsp]})
-         } elsif (nodesockopen($node,22)) {
-            $rsp{data} = [ 'sshd' ];
-            print "$node is sshd\n";
-            print $parent freeze({node=>[\%rsp]});
-         } elsif ($text = installer_query($node)) {
-            $rsp{data} = [ $text ];
-            print $parent freeze({node=>[\%rsp]});
-         } else {
-            $doreq->({command=>['nodeset'],
-                     node=>[$node],
-                     arg=>['stat']},
-                     \&getstat);
-            $rsp{data} = [ 'ping '.$stat ];
-            print $parent freeze({node=>[\%rsp]});
-         }
-         print $parent "\nENDOFFREEZEx3a93\n";
-         $parent->flush;
-         print "Wait for $node ack...\n";
-         <$parent>;
-         print "$node acked...\n";
-         close($parent);
-         exit 0;
+      my %rsp;
+      my $text="";
+      $rsp{name}=[$node];
+      unless (pinghost($node)) {
+         $rsp{data} = [ 'noping' ];
+         $callback->({node=>[\%rsp]});
+         next;
       }
-      close($parent);
-      $children++;
-      $child_handles->add($childfd);
-   }
-   print "wait for kids\n";
-   while ($children) {
-      relay_responses($child_handles,$callback);
-   }
-   print "kids gone\n";
-   while (relay_responses($child_handles,$callback)) {}
-   print "out i go\n";
-}
-
-sub relay_responses {
-   my $fhs = shift;
-   my $callback = shift;
-   my @handles = $fhs->can_read(0.2);
-   foreach my $input (@handles) {
-      print "I can haz input\n";
-      my $data;
-      $data = "";
-      print "here\n";
-      if ($data = <$input>) {
-         print $data;
-         while ($data !~ /ENDOFFREEZEx3a93/) { #<$input>) {
-            $data .= <$input>;
-         }
-         my $response = thaw($data);
-         print "fin issued\n";
-         print $input "fin\n";
-         $input->flush;
-         $callback->($response);
-      } else { 
-         print "not here....\n";
-         $fhs->remove($input);
-         close($input);
+      if (nodesockopen($node,15002)) {
+         $rsp{data} = [ 'pbs' ];
+         $callback->({node=>[\%rsp]});
+         next;
+      } elsif (nodesockopen($node,22)) {
+         $rsp{data} = [ 'sshd' ];
+         $callback->({node=>[\%rsp]});
+         next;
+      } elsif ($text = installer_query($node)) {
+         $rsp{data} = [ $text ];
+         $callback->({node=>[\%rsp]});
+         next;
+      } else {
+         $doreq->({command=>['nodeset'],
+                  node=>[$node],
+                  arg=>['stat']},
+                  \&getstat);
+         $rsp{data} = [ 'ping '.$stat ];
+         $callback->({node=>[\%rsp]});
+         next;
       }
    }
-   return scalar(@handles);
 }
 
-      
-
-
-
 1;