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Re: [PATCH] Fix __fork

On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 15:01, Jakub Jelinek wrote:

> I wonder if read, write, open, close, sendto, recvfrom, select, etc.
> (and their __* counterparts) called from glibc don't have to go to
> libpthread too, because otherwise if they block they will not be
> cancellation points.

No, that's fine.  All functions which internally might be using any of
these functions are *possible* cancellation points.  Nothing wrong with
not doing this.  It was a deliberate change to not allow cancellation
anymore.


> 2002-06-18  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
> 
> 	* include/unistd.h (__fork_internal): Remove.
> 	(__fork): Don't define to __fork_internal.
> 	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/fork.c (__fork): Remove INTDEF.
> 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/aix/fork.c (__fork): Likewise.
> 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/fork.S (__fork_internal): Remove
> 	alias.
> 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/fork.S (__fork_internal): Likewise.
> 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list (__fork_internal): Likewise.

I've applied this patch now.  Thanks,

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