Commit 6fa32c9246d01e6d006b3ad97bd586856fac4107
2013-05-30T13:49:54
Revert "Perform execv in a forked child process, waiting on the original to exit to allow resources to be released." This reverts commit b0fa94d52a26cde776e566bb04c809b3b9f18de4. Loses control of the terminal.
diff --git a/cgminer.c b/cgminer.c
index fab2781..d6b0297 100644
--- a/cgminer.c
+++ b/cgminer.c
@@ -2889,9 +2889,6 @@ static void clean_up(void);
void app_restart(void)
{
- pid_t parent, child;
- int status;
-
applog(LOG_WARNING, "Attempting to restart %s", packagename);
__kill_work();
@@ -2904,15 +2901,7 @@ void app_restart(void)
}
#endif
- parent = getpid();
- child = fork();
- if (child) {
- applog(LOG_WARNING, "Shutting down original process");
- exit(0);
- }
- waitpid(parent, &status, 0);
execv(initial_args[0], (EXECV_2ND_ARG_TYPE)initial_args);
- /* We shouldn't get here */
applog(LOG_WARNING, "Failed to restart application");
}