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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
To: Alex Dubov <oakad@yahoo.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: iproute2: make arpd daemon write pid file on fork
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:15:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110812091547.17c40798@nehalam.ftrdhcpuser.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201108121623.24984.oakad@yahoo.com>

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:23:24 +1000
Alex Dubov <oakad@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Current version of arpd included with iproute2-2.6.37 will fork 
> unconditionally on start-up (using daemon() library call). This causes 
> problems with distro start-up scripts, as PID of the started daemon can not be 
> reliably obtained, hampering orderly daemon shutdown process.
> 
> The included patch makes arpd write it's own pid file after fork, in a common 
> LSB fashion, so as to better inter-operate with start up scripts. Removal of 
> stale pid files is handled elsewhere.

I already checked in a version which has the -p pidfile option.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-12 16:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2011-08-12  6:23   ` iproute2: make arpd daemon write pid file on fork Alex Dubov
2011-08-12 16:15     ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2011-08-15  5:42       ` Alex Dubov

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