[libvirt] [PATCH v2] systemd: directly notify systemd instead of using sd_notify

Cole Robinson crobinso at redhat.com
Mon Jun 6 19:49:56 UTC 2016


On 06/06/2016 11:21 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> The sd_notify method is used to tell systemd when libvirtd
> has finished starting up. All it does is send a datagram
> containing the string parameter to systemd on a UNIX socket
> named in the NOTIFY_SOCKET environment variable. Rather than
> pulling in the systemd libraries for this, just code the
> notification directly in libvirt as this is a stable ABI
> from systemd's POV which explicitly allows independant
> implementations:
> 
> See "Reimplementable Independently" column in the
> "$NOTIFY_SOCKET Daemon Notifications" row:
> 
> https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/InterfacePortabilityAndStabilityChart/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>

FWIW I tested that things build fine with this patch on f24 and rawhide

- Cole




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