Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: Call setsid(2) before exec'ing device model

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Fehlig writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: Call setsid(2) before exec'ing 
device model"):
> While developing libvirt libxl driver I noticed that terminating the
> client causes any qemu-dm processes indirectly started by the client to
> also terminate.  Calling setsid(2) before exec'ing qemu-dm resolves the
> issue but I'm not quite sure about the placement of the setsid() call or
> any unforeseen side-affects of its use.  Comments welcome.

Thanks, I think your patch is correct, and has the setsid in the right
place.  libxl_spawn_spawn was another possibility but I think it's
probably better to do it in the caller.

Applied (with my and Stefano's ack) to 4.1 and unstable.

Ian.

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