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/*-*- Mode: C; c-basic-offset: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-*/
/***
This file is part of systemd.
Copyright 2013 Lennart Poettering
systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
***/
#include <pthread.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "sync.h"
static void *sync_thread(void *p) {
sync();
return NULL;
}
int asynchronous_sync(void) {
pthread_attr_t a;
pthread_t t;
int r;
/* It kinda sucks that we have to resort to threads to
* implement an asynchronous sync(), but well, such is
* life.
*
* Note that issuing this command right before exiting a
* process will cause the process to wait for the sync() to
* complete. This function hence is nicely asynchronous really
* only in long running processes. */
r = pthread_attr_init(&a);
if (r != 0)
return -r;
r = pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&a, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
if (r != 0) {
r = -r;
goto finish;
}
r = pthread_create(&t, &a, sync_thread, NULL);
if (r != 0) {
r = -r;
goto finish;
}
finish:
pthread_attr_destroy(&a);
return r;
}
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