Hi, On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> wrote: > To give one particular example: systemd uses Linux-specific features to > accurately track all the processes started by a service, which allows > accurate monitoring and shutdown of processes which could otherwise > disassociate themselves from their parent processes via the usual > daemonizing trick. POSIX doesn't provide features that allow this in > general, but Linux does. (Quite possibly other OSes provide those > features too, but not in a standardized way.)
By the way, upstart uses ptrace for this: http://netsplit.com/2007/12/07/how-to-and-why-supervise-forking-processes/ It's an interesting trick, and probably more portable too. Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/canvyna-nyq9y1ayxdpbsnwwwa15o3y1rcov++_zh6wct9gf...@mail.gmail.com
