Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 02:12:36 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: portal pid not correct... Message-ID: <199711040212.TAA14153@usr09.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <19971102014238.14394@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> from "John-Mark Gurney" at Nov 2, 97 01:42:38 am
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> I took a look at the code.. and basicly it doesn't become a daemon before > tring to mount the fs... and this is understandable else you can't return > a failed mount... > > now as I see this, there are a couple ways to fix this... > a) just become a daemon and then mount, this isn't very attrative > as the error doesn't get reported > b) do something were it will fork off the child, child will > immediately SIGSTOP itself, then parent will mount, and then > parent will SIGCONT the process for normal execution, or kill > it off if the mount failed. > c) insert your idea hear > > comments? ideas? Use vfork for the side effect before child exit/exec. Man vfork for details. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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