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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 11:20:46 +0100
From: Alex Riesen <Alexander.Riesen@synopsys.com>
To: Oskar Liljeblad <oskar@osk.mine.nu>
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Subject: Re: directory notifications lost after fork?
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:50:06AM +0100, Oskar Liljeblad wrote:
> On Sunday, March 10, 2002 at 22:02, usel wrote:
> > The code snipper demonstrates what I consider a bug in the
> > dnotify facilities in the kernel. After a fork, all registered
> > notifications are lost in the process where they originally
> > where registered (the parent process). [..]
> 
> FWIW, as long as you keep the child alive after fork the
> notifications are not lost. Also the same effect when you
> keep the parent(s) alive and decide to receive notification
> in the newly created process instead.
What process are the notifications sent, in this case?
IMHO, only the parent can catch them, as fcntl called in the parent
only.

Anyway, strange effect.



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> Oskar Liljeblad (oskar@osk.mine.nu)
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