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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-09-19 10:54:46 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-09-19 18:25:27 +0200
commit7fd3082522e7007b47a6aa765d10a9cc3277b36d (patch)
treebe0ea3cce6899855964a20c06ed263d641377c05 /gnu/services/base.scm
parent4d679255dad798da0bbac22412e4f3f4d09a771a (diff)
services: udev: Simplify 'start' method.
* gnu/services/base.scm (udev-shepherd-service)[start](find): Remove. (udev): Hardwire the eudev file name. Use 'fork+exec-command' instead of 'primitive-fork' and 'exec-command'.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/services/base.scm')
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/base.scm43
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 921914ccdf..beb473151d 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -1846,16 +1846,9 @@ item of @var{packages}."
(documentation "Populate the /dev directory, dynamically.")
(start #~(lambda ()
- (define find
- (@ (srfi srfi-1) find))
-
(define udevd
- ;; Choose the right 'udevd'.
- (find file-exists?
- (map (lambda (suffix)
- (string-append #$udev suffix))
- '("/libexec/udev/udevd" ;udev
- "/sbin/udevd")))) ;eudev
+ ;; 'udevd' from eudev.
+ #$(file-append udev "/sbin/udevd"))
(define (wait-for-udevd)
;; Wait until someone's listening on udevd's control
@@ -1891,24 +1884,20 @@ item of @var{packages}."
(make-static-device-nodes directory)
(umask old-umask))
- (let ((pid (primitive-fork)))
- (case pid
- ((0)
- (exec-command (list udevd)))
- (else
- ;; Wait until udevd is up and running. This
- ;; appears to be needed so that the events
- ;; triggered below are actually handled.
- (wait-for-udevd)
-
- ;; Trigger device node creation.
- (system* #$(file-append udev "/bin/udevadm")
- "trigger" "--action=add")
-
- ;; Wait for things to settle down.
- (system* #$(file-append udev "/bin/udevadm")
- "settle")
- pid)))))
+ (let ((pid (fork+exec-command (list udevd))))
+ ;; Wait until udevd is up and running. This appears to
+ ;; be needed so that the events triggered below are
+ ;; actually handled.
+ (wait-for-udevd)
+
+ ;; Trigger device node creation.
+ (system* #$(file-append udev "/bin/udevadm")
+ "trigger" "--action=add")
+
+ ;; Wait for things to settle down.
+ (system* #$(file-append udev "/bin/udevadm")
+ "settle")
+ pid)))
(stop #~(make-kill-destructor))
;; When halting the system, 'udev' is actually killed by