linkid=$1; shift
looptime=$1; shift
[ -z "$looptime" ] && looptime=1
-# we'd need a means to avoid running 2 instances at the same time
-# but it's kind of hard to keep track of the right pid here..
-# pidfile=/var/run/openvswitch/gmap-$iface.pid
-# if [ -f $pidfile ] ; then
-# pid=$(cat $pidfile)
-# [ -n "$pid" ] && kill $pid
-# rm $pidfile
-# fi
+ pid_file=/var/run/openvswitch/gmap-$iface.pid
+ if [ -f $pid_file ] ; then
+ pid=$(cat $pid_file)
+ [ -n "$pid" ] && kill $pid >& /dev/null
+ rm $pid_file
+ fi
while true; do
-# echo $$ > $pidfile
gmap_report_once $iface $hostname $linkid
sleep $looptime
- done
+ done &
+ # this is the pid for the background process
+ echo $! > $pid_file
}
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