From 22f7b0499e0a17a3e1bdde338a8b6018ac670b48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stelios Fragkakis <52996999+stelfrag@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:57:02 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Start watcher thread after fork (#17436)

* Start watcher thread after fork

* Remove old init
---
 src/daemon/main.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/daemon/main.c b/src/daemon/main.c
index 591fcc38c4ed4b..768065fd15fa59 100644
--- a/src/daemon/main.c
+++ b/src/daemon/main.c
@@ -1889,9 +1889,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         load_cloud_conf(0);
     }
 
-    // @stelfrag: Where is the right place to call this?
-    watcher_thread_start();
-
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // initialize netdata
     {
@@ -2110,6 +2107,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     if(become_daemon(dont_fork, user) == -1)
         fatal("Cannot daemonize myself.");
 
+    watcher_thread_start();
+
     // init sentry
 #ifdef ENABLE_SENTRY
         sentry_native_init();