Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:01:03 +0200 From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include Makefile spawn.h unistd.h src/lib/libc/gen Makefile.inc Symbol.map exec.3 exec.c posix_spawn.c Message-ID: <20080617160103.GA13041@britannica.bec.de> In-Reply-To: <4857D508.8070907@FreeBSD.org> References: <200806170633.m5H6XMJH084600@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080617134828.GA30076@zim.MIT.EDU> <20080617140600.GE1176@hoeg.nl> <4857D508.8070907@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 08:15:20AM -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Ed Schouten wrote: >> When (if?) applications start to use posix_spawn() we may decide to move >> it into the kernel at any time. It should be okay for now. > > Are there any benefits of doing it in the kernel vs. doing it via fork+exec? You get the same advantages as vfork() offers without introduces most of the rope. Joerg
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