linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] tools/hv: reduce resouce usage in hv_kvp

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Message-ID: <Z1P2ucUPPEYN2cg5@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 07:18:17 +0000
From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To: Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
Cc: linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] tools/hv: reduce resouce usage in hv_kvp_daemon

On Mon, Dec 02, 2024 at 01:35:16PM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote:
> hv_kvp_daemon uses popen(3) and system(3) as convinience helper to
> launch external helpers. These helpers are invoked via a
> temporary shell process. There is no need to keep this temporary
> process around while the helper runs. Replace this temporary shell
> with the actual helper process via 'exec'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>

Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>