Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Memory over: committing SUICIDE | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 21 Feb 1997 10:22:44 +0100 |
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Cameron MacKinnon <mackin@interlog.com> writes:
> John Wyszynski <wyszynsk@clark.net> wrote: > > While the whole chain has been somewhat interesting, I still believe that > > for a production environment, this is SUICIDE. > > > > (1) For the situation where large processes fork and immediately exec, > > many other *IX system have a "vfork" system call to handle the situation. > > Feel free to write one if you require it. You could also consider > donating it to the cause.
It's easy to emulate vfork() with clone(..., CLONE_VM);
-Andi
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