On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:20:13AM +0900, Hiroki Sato wrote: > Pawel Jakub Dawidek <p...@freebsd.org> wrote > in <201309050105.r8515nf3094...@svn.freebsd.org>: > > pj> Author: pjd > pj> Date: Thu Sep 5 01:05:48 2013 > pj> New Revision: 255227 > pj> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/255227 > pj> > pj> Log: > pj> Remove fallback to fork(2) if pdfork(2) is not available. If the parent > pj> process dies, the process descriptor will be closed and pdfork(2)ed > child > pj> will be killed, which is not the case when regular fork(2) is used. > pj> > pj> The PROCDESC option is now part of the GENERIC kernel configuration, so > we > pj> can start depending on it. > pj> > pj> Add UPDATING entry to inform that this option is now required and log > pj> detailed instruction to syslog if pdfork(2) is not available: > pj> > pj> The pdfork(2) system call is not available; recompile the > kernel with options PROCDESC > pj> > pj> Submitted by: Mariusz Zaborski <osho...@freebsd.org> > pj> Sponsored by: Google Summer of Code 2013 > > Is there any reason to keep PROCDESC as an option?
There are still some rough edges that I think people expect to be polished before we can do that. But all in all I think this is good idea, but can wait for a bit. -- Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheelsystems.com FreeBSD committer http://www.FreeBSD.org Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! http://mobter.com
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