[yocto] [PATCH] ecryptfs-utils: Modify systemd service file to 'simple'.

[Khem Raj]

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Mikhail Durnev
<Mikhail_Durnev at mentor.com> wrote:
> ecryptfsd is a resident program, i.e. daemon. According to systemd
> documentation, Type=oneshot/RemainAfterExit=yes should be used for programs
> that do not remain working after exit. But for daemons we should use
> Type=forked to indicate that the service remains running in background.
> ecryptfs provides option -f to run in foreground. This option is preferred
> when the service is started from init/systemd. That is why we use
> Type=simple (default) to indicate that the service runs in foreground. To
> manage the service properly systemd uses its type. E.g. if ecryptfsd
> silently dies, systemd will recognize its failure in case of simple or
> forked, but not in case of oneshot.

thanks for details. Please add this to commit message.


>
> Best regards,
> Mikhail
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Khem Raj [mailto:raj.khem at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 20 June, 2013 13:32
> To: Noor, Ahsan
> Cc: holger.behrens at windriver.com; florin.sarbu at windriver.com;
> yocto at yoctoproject.org; Mikhail Durnev
> Subject: Re: [yocto] [PATCH] ecryptfs-utils: Modify systemd service file to
> 'simple'.
>
> reasoning why it is being turned into simple service would be nice
>
> On Jun 19, 2013, at 3:53 AM, "Noor, Ahsan" <noor_ahsan at mentor.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Noor <noor_ahsan at mentor.com>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mikhail Durnev <mikhail_durnev at mentor.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Noor Ahsan <noor_ahsan at mentor.com>
>> ---
>> .../ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs.service |    4 +---
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git
>> a/recipes-support-ivi/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs.service
>> b/recipes-support-ivi/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs.service
>> index ba12aa3..52f3397 100644
>> ---
>> a/recipes-support-ivi/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs.service
>> +++ b/recipes-support-ivi/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs.servi
>> +++ ce
>> @@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ Description=A userspace daemon that runs as the user
>> perform file operations und After=udev.service
>>
>> [Service]
>> -Type=oneshot
>> -ExecStart=/usr/bin/ecryptfsd
>> -RemainAfterExit=yes
>> +ExecStart=/usr/bin/ecryptfsd -f
>>
>> [Install]
>> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>> --
>> 1.7.9.5
>>
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