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| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTORS | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | HISTORY | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | thread.c | 8 |
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS index 77ddbaf8..9fdb083c 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTORS +++ b/CONTRIBUTORS @@ -1497,6 +1497,7 @@ Udo Richter <udo_richter@gmx.de> up at a particular time for making the HUP signal force a restart of VDR for fixing a race condition with signal handlers at program exit + for fixing handling detached processes in SystemExec() Sven Kreiensen <svenk@kammer.uni-hannover.de> for his help in keeping 'channels.conf.terr' up to date @@ -5251,3 +5251,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History - Updated the Finnish OSD texts (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg). - Changed the parameter "OSD font" to "Default font" in "Setup/OSD" (suggested by Rolf Ahrenberg). +- Fixed handling detached processes in SystemExec() (thanks to Udo Richter). @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and * how to reach the author. * - * $Id: thread.c 1.60 2007/02/24 16:13:33 kls Exp $ + * $Id: thread.c 1.61 2007/06/17 12:43:40 kls Exp $ */ #include "thread.h" @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include <linux/unistd.h> #include <malloc.h> #include <stdarg.h> +#include <stdlib.h> #include <sys/resource.h> #include <sys/syscall.h> #include <sys/time.h> @@ -507,7 +508,7 @@ int SystemExec(const char *Command, bool Detached) if (pid > 0) { // parent process int status = 0; - if (!Detached && waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0) { + if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0) { LOG_ERROR; return -1; } @@ -515,6 +516,9 @@ int SystemExec(const char *Command, bool Detached) } else { // child process if (Detached) { + // Fork again and let first child die - grandchild stays alive without parent + if (fork() > 0) + exit(0); // Start a new session pid_t sid = setsid(); if (sid < 0) |