Add fflush(stdout) as the common idiom. Explain the need to use exit()
but advise against it.
Reviewed by: emaste, markj
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 3 days
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31425
Current POSIX standard requires fork() to be async-signal safe. Neither
our implementation, nor implementations in other operating systems are,
and practically it is impossible to make fork() async-signal safe without
too much efforts. Also, that would put undue requirement that all atfork
handlers should be async-signal safe as well, which contradicts its main
use.
As result, Austin Group dropped the requirement, and added a new function
_Fork() that should be async-signal safe, but it does not call atfork
handlers. Basically, _Fork() can be implemented as a raw syscall.
Release of glibc 2.34 added _Fork(), do the same for FreeBSD.
Clarify threading behavior for fork() in the manpage.
Reviewed by: markj
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 2 weeks
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31378
It seems to be a nice idea to show how fork() is usually used in
practice. This may act as a guide to developers who want to quickly
recall how to use the fork() function.
Reviewed by: bcr, yuripv
MFC after: 1 week
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D27626
Renumber cluase 4 to 3, per what everybody else did when BSD granted
them permission to remove clause 3. My insistance on keeping the same
numbering for legal reasons is too pedantic, so give up on that point.
Submitted by: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@stevens.edu>
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/pull/96
Stop calling system calls "function calls".
Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility".
When referring to a non-BSD implementation in
the HISTORY section, call syscall a function,
to be safe.
