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Re: vfork specs
- To: drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper)
- Subject: Re: vfork specs
- From: Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:22:29 -0500
- Cc: GNU libc testers <libc-alpha@cygnus.com>, VGER gcc list <linux-gcc@vger.rutgers.edu>, VGER kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
All true vfork implementations in all systems have had these restrictions,
whether cleared stated by their documentation or not. If you think about
it, the issue is inherent in the memory sharing behavior vfork is specified
to have.