Bug 163950 - ifup-ppp keeps a shell in memory needlessly
Summary: ifup-ppp keeps a shell in memory needlessly
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: initscripts
Version: 4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Depends On:
Blocks: FC5Target
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-07-22 11:42 UTC by Avi Kivity
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:55 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 8.32-1
Doc Type: Enhancement
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2006-04-10 22:53:56 UTC
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reduce persistent process count in ifup-ppp (588 bytes, patch)
2005-07-22 11:45 UTC, Avi Kivity 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Avi Kivity 2005-07-22 11:42:05 UTC 
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Description of problem:
ifup-ppp spans pppd and remains in memory, even though it has nothing left to 
do (if $DEMAND is false). this wastes memory. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
initscripts-8.11.1-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
ifup ppp0 
   

Actual Results:  $ pstree 
... 
ppp-watch----ifup-ppp-----pppd 

Expected Results:  $ pstree  
...  
ppp-watch----pppd  

Additional info:
Comment 1 Avi Kivity 2005-07-22 11:45:14 UTC 
Created attachment 117050 [details]
reduce persistent process count in ifup-ppp

attached patch execs pppd instead of spawning it if $DEMAND != yes
Comment 2 Miloslav Trmač 2006-04-10 22:53:56 UTC 
Applied in rawhide initscripts-8.32-1.  Thanks!
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