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2.6 KiB
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80 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
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.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd July 29, 2000
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.Dt RFORK_THREAD 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm rfork_thread
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.Nd create a rfork-based process thread
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In unistd.h
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.Ft pid_t
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.Fn rfork_thread "int flags" "void *stack" "int (*func)(void *arg)" "void *arg"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn rfork_thread
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function
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is a helper function for
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.Xr rfork 2 .
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It arranges for a new process to be created and the child process will
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call the specified function with the specified argument, while running on
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the supplied stack.
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.Pp
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Using this function should avoid the need to implement complex stack
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swap code.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Upon successful completion,
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.Fn rfork_thread
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returns the process ID of the child process to the parent process.
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Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned
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to the parent process, no child process is created, and the global
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variable
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.Pp
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The child process context is not aware of a return from the
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.Fn rfork_thread
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function as it begins executing directly with the supplied function.
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.Sh ERRORS
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See
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.Xr rfork 2
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for error return codes.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr fork 2 ,
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.Xr intro 2 ,
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.Xr minherit 2 ,
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.Xr rfork 2 ,
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.Xr vfork 2
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn rfork_thread
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function first appeared in
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.Fx 4.3 .
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