rfork(2): Discourage rfork_thread-like approaches.
Calling rfork_thread(3) does not interoperate with pthreads and global state is not properly protected. Remove the BUGS section suggesting LinuxThreads entirely. With the current pthread library libthr, all threads are kernel-level entities so there seems little reason to use LinuxThreads.
This commit is contained in:
parent
2a22eeb6a2
commit
b7fd4888f8
@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
|
||||
.\"
|
||||
.\" $FreeBSD$
|
||||
.\"
|
||||
.Dd May 14, 2007
|
||||
.Dd March 15, 2011
|
||||
.Dt RFORK 2
|
||||
.Os
|
||||
.Sh NAME
|
||||
@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ the new process to run on the provided stack.
|
||||
See
|
||||
.Xr rfork_thread 3
|
||||
for information.
|
||||
Note that a lot of code will not run correctly in such an environment.
|
||||
.It Dv RFSIGSHARE
|
||||
If set, the kernel will force sharing the sigacts structure between the
|
||||
child and the parent.
|
||||
@ -171,24 +172,9 @@ There is insufficient swap space for the new process.
|
||||
.Xr intro 2 ,
|
||||
.Xr minherit 2 ,
|
||||
.Xr vfork 2 ,
|
||||
.Xr pthread_create 3 ,
|
||||
.Xr rfork_thread 3
|
||||
.Sh HISTORY
|
||||
The
|
||||
.Fn rfork
|
||||
function first appeared in Plan9.
|
||||
.Sh BUGS
|
||||
.Fx
|
||||
does not yet implement a native
|
||||
.Fn clone
|
||||
library call, and the current pthreads implementation does not use
|
||||
.Fn rfork
|
||||
with RFMEM.
|
||||
A native port of the linux threads library,
|
||||
.Pa /usr/ports/devel/linuxthreads ,
|
||||
contains a working
|
||||
.Fn clone
|
||||
call that utilizes RFMEM.
|
||||
The
|
||||
.Xr rfork_thread 3
|
||||
function can often be used instead of
|
||||
.Fn clone .
|
||||
|
Loading…
Reference in New Issue
Block a user