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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 David Goulet <david.goulet@polymtl.ca>
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <signal.h>
+#include "lttng-sessiond.h"
+
+/* Notify parents that we are ready for cmd and health check */
+void sessiond_signal_parents(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * Notify parent pid that we are ready to accept command
+ * for client side. This ppid is the one from the
+ * external process that spawned us.
+ */
+ if (the_config.sig_parent) {
+ kill(the_ppid, SIGUSR1);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Notify the parent of the fork() process that we are
+ * ready.
+ */
+ if (the_config.daemonize || the_config.background) {
+ kill(the_child_ppid, SIGUSR1);
+ }
+}