On 12/10/07 15:28, Deti Fliegl wrote: > Hi, > > I think there is a problem in calling external programs from plugins. If > such a program takes some while for execution (even in background) it > gets inherited all file descriptors of VDR. This prevents vdr from > zapping to another channel or even from restarting properly. You will > see messages like: > > ERROR: /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0: Device or resource busy > or > ERROR (svdrp.c,84): Address already in use > > Reason: By default unix inherits all file descriptors to child processes > when calling exec*(...) or system(...). You can avoid this by setting > FD_CLOEXEC on all file descriptors that should not be inherited. > > Patch: > ... > Comments, ideas? Doesn't SystemExec() (see tools.c) take care of this? Klaus _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
