2 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/run.c b/libglusterfs/src/run.c
index 50c1e30bfc6..94511b1c356 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/run.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/run.c
@@ -392,6 +392,25 @@ runner_run (runner_t *runner)
         return runner_run_generic (runner, runner_end);
 }
 
+
+int
+runner_run_nowait (runner_t *runner)
+{
+	int pid;
+
+	pid = fork ();
+
+	if (!pid) {
+		setsid ();
+		_exit (runner_start (runner));
+	}
+
+	if (pid > 0)
+		runner->chpid = pid;
+	return runner_end (runner);
+}
+
+
 int
 runner_run_reuse (runner_t *runner)
 {
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/run.h b/libglusterfs/src/run.h
index 508c59c1375..d7554ef6d8c 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/run.h
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/run.h
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ int runner_end_reuse (runner_t *runner);
 int runner_run (runner_t *runner);
 
 /**
+ * variant for runner_run() which does not wait for acknowledgement
+ * from child, and always assumes it succeeds.
+ */
+int runner_run_nowait (runner_t *runner);
+
+/**
  * variant of runner_run() which does not free internal data
  * so that the runner instance can be run again.
  *