[systemd-devel] How to run forking daemon with systemd in correct way, without errors?

[Mantas Mikulėnas]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Gena Makhomed <gmm at csdoc.com> wrote:

>
> This is bug in nginx code? And this bug should be fixed in nginx?
>
> But "daemon(); write_pidfile();" is common pattern
> used by many services and even in library functions.
>
>
It may be common, but not necessarily correct. The parent process should
only exit *after* finishing all the preparations (i.e. something like
"fork(); write_pidfile(); exit()"), since systemd uses the exit as a signal
that the daemon is now "ready".

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Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>
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