X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/35ee7e44a62f9126a83c1243b549d47cc5ca7b43..92951e2c3eecbbbb2af4244df13c32a6a032d5ad:/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm

diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
index c6c6c6a1e..937bd281d 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
@@ -342,7 +342,18 @@ sub pingurl (@) { #{{{
 		return;
 	}
 
-	# TODO: daemonize here so slow pings don't slow down wiki updates
+	# daemonize here so slow pings don't slow down wiki updates
+	eval q{use POSIX ’setsid’};
+	chdir '/';
+	open STDIN, '/dev/null';
+	open STDOUT, '>/dev/null';
+	defined(my $pid = fork) or error("Can't fork: $!");
+	return if $pid;
+	setsid() or error("Can't start a new session: $!");
+	open STDERR, '>&STDOUT' or error("Can’t dup stdout: $!");
+
+	# Don't need to keep a lock on the wiki as a daemon.
+	IkiWiki::unlockwiki();
 
 	foreach my $page (keys %toping) {
 		my $title=pagetitle(basename($page));
@@ -367,6 +378,8 @@ sub pingurl (@) { #{{{
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	exit 0; # daemon done
 } #}}}
 
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