Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:50:06 +0100 | Subject | Re: directory notifications lost after fork? | From | Oskar Liljeblad <> |
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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.
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