[PATCH] udevd: support -d switch to become a daemon

diff --git a/udevd.c b/udevd.c
index 0049e696f1930a6029974b9c9c3ff8ec9ee2792f..f1e28d9ca3de7ba9e72d87ab5054159a7ebfb840 100644 (file)
--- a/udevd.c
+++ b/udevd.c
@@ -472,6 +472,24 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
                goto exit;
        }
 
+       /* daemonize on request */
+       if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "-d") == 0) {
+               pid_t pid;
+
+               pid = fork();
+               switch (pid) {
+               case 0:
+                       dbg("damonized fork running");
+                       break;
+               case -1:
+                       dbg("fork of daemon failed");
+                       goto exit;
+               default:
+                       logging_close();
+                       exit(0);
+               }
+       }
+
        /* make sure we don't lock any path */
        chdir("/");
        umask(umask(077) | 022);