Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 05:00:18 +0900 (JST) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: pjd@FreeBSD.org Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r255227 - in head: . usr.sbin/rwhod Message-ID: <20130906.050018.754568513566380448.hrs@allbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20130905195037.GA1410@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <201309050105.r8515nf3094355@svn.freebsd.org> <20130905.102013.1604548446233669011.hrs@allbsd.org> <20130905195037.GA1410@garage.freebsd.pl>
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----Security_Multipart(Fri_Sep__6_05_00_18_2013_099)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> wrote in <20130905195037.GA1410@garage.freebsd.pl>: pj> On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:20:13AM +0900, Hiroki Sato wrote: pj> > Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> wrote pj> > in <201309050105.r8515nf3094355@svn.freebsd.org>: pj> > pj> > pj> Author: pjd pj> > pj> Date: Thu Sep 5 01:05:48 2013 pj> > pj> New Revision: 255227 pj> > pj> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/255227 pj> > pj> pj> > pj> Log: pj> > pj> Remove fallback to fork(2) if pdfork(2) is not available. If the parent pj> > pj> process dies, the process descriptor will be closed and pdfork(2)ed child pj> > pj> will be killed, which is not the case when regular fork(2) is used. pj> > pj> pj> > pj> The PROCDESC option is now part of the GENERIC kernel configuration, so we pj> > pj> can start depending on it. pj> > pj> pj> > pj> Add UPDATING entry to inform that this option is now required and log pj> > pj> detailed instruction to syslog if pdfork(2) is not available: pj> > pj> pj> > pj> The pdfork(2) system call is not available; recompile the kernel with options PROCDESC pj> > pj> pj> > pj> Submitted by: Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo@FreeBSD.org> pj> > pj> Sponsored by: Google Summer of Code 2013 pj> > pj> > Is there any reason to keep PROCDESC as an option? pj> pj> There are still some rough edges that I think people expect to be pj> polished before we can do that. But all in all I think this is good pj> idea, but can wait for a bit. I see. I hope it will happen before 10.0. Generally speaking, if a userland utility does not work without it, it should not be an option. -- Hiroki ----Security_Multipart(Fri_Sep__6_05_00_18_2013_099)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAlIo4tIACgkQTyzT2CeTzy2RRACfXZ2chNf4tGnr49qV16I9EaL/ ttgAnjYSLYpuHARJOP/zjvoGuObE93my =FKVB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Fri_Sep__6_05_00_18_2013_099)----
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