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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xenstored - postpone fork after initializati

from [John Levon] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] xenstored - postpone fork after initialization
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Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:20:40 +0000
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On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 09:15:55AM +0000, Keir Fraser wrote:

> In any case I think it's bad practice to daemonise after initialisation --
> if you're going to daemonise it makes sense to do it as early as possible.

FWIW it's not only good practice on Solaris but needed for 100% correct
SMF behaviour: when the startup method returns the service is expected
to be 100% ready to go

regards
john

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