From: Chris Schlaeger <cschlaeger@...>
Date: 2010-03-23T04:58:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:28872] Re: Can DRb be used across a fork()

Joel,

Thanks a lot! Adding the 'DRb.start_service' right after the fork
brought me one step further. The small test case works!

In my real application, the fork happens within a method that was
invoked via DRb. Subsequent DRb operations from child to parent are
again handled by the zombie DRb of the child. Adding the
'DRb.start_server' doesn't help here.

I can workaround this by moving the fork into a separate thread. But
the code is hard to maintain. Any better idea?

To DRb mainainers: It would be nice if DRb would be more robust here
and at least raise an error instead of operating on the zombie data in
the child process.

Chris