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| author | Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> | 2007-08-21 12:19:08 -0400 |
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| committer | Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> | 2007-08-24 13:15:02 +1000 |
| commit | 29637ac0140db80744b24b0c5d655d435b69ba35 (patch) | |
| tree | 9dd7233dd390fdb94211f677691ea7e1d44ae490 /utils/mount/mount.c | |
| parent | eb6dca418a2f862a5a478d4613e0c70598c93d53 (diff) | |
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mount.nfs: Replace fork() with daemon() for backgrounding mounts
Neil recommended this change to address a problem with background mount
processes handling signals properly during an init level change. It is
also useful for preventing background mount processes from reporting
progress on the parent's tty, which is generally just annoying noise.
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'utils/mount/mount.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | utils/mount/mount.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/utils/mount/mount.c b/utils/mount/mount.c index 4b78021..2513943 100644 --- a/utils/mount/mount.c +++ b/utils/mount/mount.c @@ -550,14 +550,19 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) mnt_err = try_mount(spec, mount_point, flags, fs_type, &extra_opts, mount_opts, fake, nomtab, FOREGROUND); if (mnt_err == EX_BG) { - printf(_("mount: backgrounding \"%s\"\n"), spec); + printf(_("%s: backgrounding \"%s\"\n"), + progname, spec); fflush(stdout); /* * Parent exits immediately with success. */ - if (fork() > 0) - exit(0); + if (daemon(0, 0)) { + nfs_error(_("%s: failed to start " + "background process: %s\n"), + progname, strerror(errno)); + exit(EX_FAIL); + } mnt_err = try_mount(spec, mount_point, flags, fs_type, &extra_opts, mount_opts, fake, |