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authorDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2014-05-11 00:00:52 +0200
committerDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2014-05-11 00:00:52 +0200
commit539e2802ebd2680602de0a2c76069b7f555392d9 (patch)
tree9a26e2e784b9f34d309bb4c7939762b4501ed0b7 /loginutils
parent62a40a044805ea1be7bb01b3408a38292823297e (diff)
downloadbusybox-539e2802ebd2680602de0a2c76069b7f555392d9.tar.gz
getty: explain when setsid() fails. no code changes
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'loginutils')
-rw-r--r--loginutils/getty.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/loginutils/getty.c b/loginutils/getty.c
index 0f060ae6c..4b1b73bef 100644
--- a/loginutils/getty.c
+++ b/loginutils/getty.c
@@ -556,6 +556,16 @@ int getty_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
// pid, getppid(),
// getsid(0), getpgid(0));
bb_perror_msg_and_die("setsid");
+ /*
+ * When we can end up here?
+ * Example: setsid() fails when run alone in interactive shell:
+ * # getty 115200 /dev/tty2
+ * because shell's child (getty) is put in a new process group.
+ * But doesn't fail if shell is not interactive
+ * (and therefore doesn't create process groups for pipes),
+ * or if getty is not the first process in the process group:
+ * # true | getty 115200 /dev/tty2
+ */
}
/* Looks like we are already a session leader.
* In this case (setsid failed) we may still have ctty,