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Date:      Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:50:38 +0200
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Hiroki Sato <hrs@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:  <20130905195037.GA1410@garage.freebsd.pl>
In-Reply-To: <20130905.102013.1604548446233669011.hrs@allbsd.org>
References:  <201309050105.r8515nf3094355@svn.freebsd.org> <20130905.102013.1604548446233669011.hrs@allbsd.org>

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On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:20:13AM +0900, Hiroki Sato wrote:
> Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> wrote
>   in <201309050105.r8515nf3094355@svn.freebsd.org>:
>=20
> 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 pa=
rent
> 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 l=
og
> pj>   detailed instruction to syslog if pdfork(2) is not available:
> pj>
> pj>   	The pdfork(2) system call is not available; recompile the kernel w=
ith options PROCDESC
> pj>
> pj>   Submitted by:	Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo@FreeBSD.org>
> pj>   Sponsored by:	Google Summer of Code 2013
>=20
>  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.

--=20
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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