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Date:      Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:03:52 +0200
From:      Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, David Xu <davidxu@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@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:  <20080617160352.GG1176@hoeg.nl>
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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* Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> Are there any benefits of doing it in the kernel vs. doing it via fork+ex=
ec?

In theory there should be performance benefits, because there is no need
to fork an entire process. You would only need to handcraft a new one.

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 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
 WWW: http://80386.nl/

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