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authorMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2009-04-25 06:16:37 +0000
committerMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2009-04-25 06:16:37 +0000
commit6fb5f01c0b901e53c0e2cf794aa239b375a7466b (patch)
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we need to daemonize *before* opening the watchdog device
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-rw-r--r--miscutils/watchdog.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/miscutils/watchdog.c b/miscutils/watchdog.c
index 893cef0ac..e334d0189 100644
--- a/miscutils/watchdog.c
+++ b/miscutils/watchdog.c
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ int watchdog_main(int argc, char **argv)
45 opt_complementary = "=1"; /* must have exactly 1 argument */ 45 opt_complementary = "=1"; /* must have exactly 1 argument */
46 opts = getopt32(argv, "Ft:T:", &st_arg, &ht_arg); 46 opts = getopt32(argv, "Ft:T:", &st_arg, &ht_arg);
47 47
48 /* We need to daemonize *before* opening the watchdog as many drivers
49 * will only allow one process at a time to do so. Since daemonizing
50 * is not perfect (child may run before parent finishes exiting), we
51 * can't rely on parent exiting before us (let alone *cleanly* releasing
52 * the watchdog fd -- something else that may not even be allowed).
53 */
54 if (!(opts & OPT_FOREGROUND))
55 bb_daemonize_or_rexec(DAEMON_CHDIR_ROOT, argv);
56
48 if (opts & OPT_HTIMER) 57 if (opts & OPT_HTIMER)
49 htimer_duration = xatou_sfx(ht_arg, suffixes); 58 htimer_duration = xatou_sfx(ht_arg, suffixes);
50 stimer_duration = htimer_duration / 2; 59 stimer_duration = htimer_duration / 2;
@@ -76,10 +85,6 @@ int watchdog_main(int argc, char **argv)
76 stimer_duration, htimer_duration * 1000); 85 stimer_duration, htimer_duration * 1000);
77#endif 86#endif
78 87
79 if (!(opts & OPT_FOREGROUND)) {
80 bb_daemonize_or_rexec(DAEMON_CHDIR_ROOT, argv);
81 }
82
83 while (1) { 88 while (1) {
84 /* 89 /*
85 * Make sure we clear the counter before sleeping, 90 * Make sure we clear the counter before sleeping,