[collectd] killing collectd threads

Pavel V. pavel2000 at ngs.ru
Fri Feb 24 03:00:47 CET 2017


Hi, Andreas.

> Now, when I restart collectd, my forked process does not get killed but keeps
> on running. I would like it to die properly. for that reason I need to handle
> the signal properly that ends the parent process, for it to kill the child, too, before it exists.

> What is the signal that kills the perl plugin process?

You should use `shutdown callback` and send signal to your forked process
yourself.

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 Pavel                          mailto:pavel2000 at ngs.ru




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