Re: Porting vfork()

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
7 Jan 1999 00:50:15 GMT

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>
> So, the question: is linux vfork() behavior annoying anyone else and is it
> worth fixing? (other than to eliminate its appearance in the BUG area of the
> Linux fork() man page ;)
>

I think you can mimic the BSD vfork() at the library level by using
clone() and perhaps trapping exec().

-hpa

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