Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 10:17:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Sujal Patel <smpatel@umiacs.umd.edu> To: Lars Gerhard Kuehl <lars@elbe.desy.de> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Changes for vfork() Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.92.960419101637.1260D-100000@xi.dorm.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <9604191322.AA07511@elbe.desy.de>
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On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, Lars Gerhard Kuehl wrote: > The current vfork() already doesn't allow the child to alter the parent's > address space and sometimes it's very desirable (or at least convenient) > if one can rely on the parent being suspended until the child calls > execve() or _exit(). Convenient perhaps, but this is by no means correct (or desirable). If you really want to alter the parent's address space, you should fork with rfork (RFPROC|RFMEM) Sujal
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