[PATCH 2/2] Fork before cleaning up the filesystem.

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Fork before cleaning up the old filesystem, so it becomes asyncronous,
which results in a faster boot time.
---
 sys-utils/switch_root.c |    8 +++++++-
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sys-utils/switch_root.c b/sys-utils/switch_root.c
index bba1127..4674290 100644
--- a/sys-utils/switch_root.c
+++ b/sys-utils/switch_root.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ static int switchroot(const char *newroot)
 	const char *umounts[] = { "/dev", "/proc", "/sys", NULL };
 	int i;
 	int cfd;
+	pid_t pid;
 
 	for (i = 0; umounts[i] != NULL; i++) {
 		char newmount[PATH_MAX];
@@ -135,7 +136,12 @@ static int switchroot(const char *newroot)
 
 	cfd = open("/", O_RDONLY);
 	if (cfd >= 0) {
-		recursiveRemove(cfd);
+		pid = fork();
+		if (pid <= 0) {
+			recursiveRemove(cfd);
+			if (pid == 0)
+				exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+		}
 		close(cfd);
 	}
 
-- 
1.6.2.2

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