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2020 Jun 22
0
[PATCH nbdkit 2/2] vddk: Defer library initialization to .after_fork().
...ckground threads. fork kills these, resulting in the library hanging or failing completely in certain configurations. --- plugins/vddk/vddk.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/vddk/vddk.c b/plugins/vddk/vddk.c index e6639b4d..a481e8bf 100644 --- a/plugins/vddk/vddk.c +++ b/plugins/vddk/vddk.c @@ -431,12 +431,31 @@ vddk_config_complete (void) return 0; } +#define vddk_config_help \ + "[file=]<FILENAME> (required) The filename (eg. VMDK file) to serve.\n" \ + "Many optional parameters are supported,...
2020 Jun 22
4
[PATCH nbdkit 1/2] server: Add .after_fork callback, mainly for plugins to create threads.
If you have a plugin which either creates background threads itself or uses a library that creates background threads, it turns out you cannot create these in .get_ready (or earlier). The reason is that nbdkit forks when either daemonizing itself or using the --run option, and fork cancels all the background threads in the child process (the daemonized or captive nbdkit). The only good solution