commit c8d18e26d2a53d9036a32c2dafebccaf4ce1634d
Author: Phil Endecott <phil_bnaqb_endecott@chezphil.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 14 14:36:58 2008 -0400

    sm-notify should exit as soon as its determined
    there are no hosts to notify. This also decreases
    start up time by a few seconds.
    
    Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>

diff -up nfs-utils-1.1.3/utils/statd/sm-notify.c.orig nfs-utils-1.1.3/utils/statd/sm-notify.c
--- nfs-utils-1.1.3/utils/statd/sm-notify.c.orig	2008-10-14 14:51:49.000000000 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-1.1.3/utils/statd/sm-notify.c	2008-10-14 14:52:58.000000000 -0400
@@ -154,9 +154,13 @@ usage:		fprintf(stderr,
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	log_syslog = 1;
+	openlog("sm-notify", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
+
 	if (strcmp(_SM_BASE_PATH, BASEDIR) == 0) {
 		if (record_pid() == 0 && force == 0 && opt_update_state == 1)
 			/* already run, don't try again */
+			nsm_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Already notifying clients; Exiting!");
 			exit(0);
 	}
 
@@ -171,6 +175,12 @@ usage:		fprintf(stderr,
 	backup_hosts(_SM_DIR_PATH, _SM_BAK_PATH);
 	get_hosts(_SM_BAK_PATH);
 
+	/* If there are not hosts to notify, just exit */
+	if (!hosts) {
+		nsm_log(LOG_DEBUG, "No hosts to notify; exiting");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* Get and update the NSM state. This will call sync() */
 	nsm_state = nsm_get_state(opt_update_state);
 	set_kernel_nsm_state(nsm_state);
@@ -179,9 +189,6 @@ usage:		fprintf(stderr,
 		if (!opt_quiet)
 			printf("Backgrounding to notify hosts...\n");
 
-		openlog("sm-notify", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
-		log_syslog = 1;
-
 		if (daemon(0, 0) < 0) {
 			nsm_log(LOG_WARNING, "unable to background: %s",
 					strerror(errno));