Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 06:52:18 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Igor Sysoev <is@rambler-co.ru> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rfork(RFPROC|RFMEM) Message-ID: <3EB66C92.304110A4@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0305051237410.62854-100000@is>
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Igor Sysoev wrote: > As stated in http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=50923 > rfork(RFPROC|RFMEM) in 4.8-STABLE and 5.0-CURRENT requires RFTHREAD flag > but it is not even mentioned in man page. This makes the stack glue implicit. You can also use explicit stack glue. Most people using the RFPROC flag use explicit stack glue, i.e. we carry arounbd our own assembly language trampoline code for stack setup that John Dyson originally wrote. I think wanting RFPROC to act like Linux's "clone" system call is probably wrong. -- Terry
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