start_new_session was added to python3 subprocess in v3.2 and
is meant to take the place of the common use of preexec_fn to
call os.setsid() in the child - as done here.
Update to use the new equivalent.
Signed-off-by: André Draszik <git@andred.net>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
log(" Command: '", stress_cmd_str, "'")
log()
- # preexec_fn=os.setsid causes stress to be executed in a separate
+ # start_new_session causes stress to be executed in a separate
# session, => it gets a new process group (incl. children). It
# can then be terminated using os.killpg in end_stress without
# terminating this script.
- p = subprocess.Popen(stress_cmd, preexec_fn=os.setsid)
+ p = subprocess.Popen(stress_cmd, start_new_session=True)
return p