src/lib/libutil/pidfile.3, branch release/8.1.0 FreeBSD source tree https://cgit-dev.freebsd.org/src/atom?h=release%2F8.1.0 2009-06-06T17:34:49Z Add missing .Pp 2009-06-06T17:34:49Z Dag-Erling Smørgrav des@FreeBSD.org 2009-06-06T17:34:49Z urn:sha1:a27c52a943d6e236977c19df7e1f86f1b667b523 pidfile(3) uses flopen(3) - don't make any assumptions about how the 2008-10-20T18:00:11Z Dag-Erling Smørgrav des@FreeBSD.org 2008-10-20T18:00:11Z urn:sha1:cb7cd07a0756ad4913c256d831461658e02e1249 latter is implemented. Minor mdoc cleanup: Every sentence should start on its own line. 2007-10-13T11:09:45Z Simon L. B. Nielsen simon@FreeBSD.org 2007-10-13T11:09:45Z urn:sha1:3dca093960479618c24f8b6470402fd6f216803f When pidfile is already locked and has zero length, do not return 2007-10-12T10:38:05Z Konstantin Belousov kib@FreeBSD.org 2007-10-12T10:38:05Z urn:sha1:fefc6803cf08cdda7416d62e41b54d59dabfdad5 success and zero pid from pidfile_read(). Return EAGAIN instead. Sleep up to three times for 5 ms while waiting for pidfile to be written. mount(8) does the kill(mountpid, SIGHUP). If mountd pidfile is truncated, that would result in the SIGHUP delivered to the mount' process group instead of the mountd. Found and analyzed by: Peter Holm Tested by: Peter Holm, kris Reviewed by: pjd MFC after: 1 week Use `intmax_t' instead of plain `int' for pid_t casts. 2006-03-04T15:20:28Z Giorgos Keramidas keramida@FreeBSD.org 2006-03-04T15:20:28Z urn:sha1:ef608a60087fcf462e85395fa22860a298cbecfc Useful tips from: ru, bde Approved by: pjd MFC after: 3 days - Add a note that passing NULL to pidfile_write(), pidfile_remove() and 2006-01-28T14:13:15Z Pawel Jakub Dawidek pjd@FreeBSD.org 2006-01-28T14:13:15Z urn:sha1:560c4fc142b33d9cf6f202ed76886350444b1992 pidfile_close() functions is safe. This possibility is used in example code. - Cast pid_t to int. Requested by: yar Fix markup, grammar and spelling. 2005-11-18T14:21:28Z Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org 2005-11-18T14:21:28Z urn:sha1:6b84cd5819ed47f48f9b7ee5530a91b2f067ae34 Pidfiles should be created with permission preventing users from opening 2005-09-16T11:24:28Z Pawel Jakub Dawidek pjd@FreeBSD.org 2005-09-16T11:24:28Z urn:sha1:8b28aef23886c140d14d326e9f1df96f7986cd29 them for reading. When user can open file for reading, he can also flock(2) it, which can lead to confusions. Pointed out by: green Add a family of functions for reliable pidfiles handling. 2005-08-24T17:21:38Z Pawel Jakub Dawidek pjd@FreeBSD.org 2005-08-24T17:21:38Z urn:sha1:412fa8f1145545ad30922007c6cb607d7ddb1003 Idea from: jmg Discussed on: arch@