>From d12bf2ad1cbf72c4b4bc6913e1ce8077333bade0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Andr=C3=A9=20Goddard=20Rosa?= <andre.goddard@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 11:19:36 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] vfork.2: Add sentence explaining what is done to data space copy after exec(3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Explain that in case exec() is done immediately after vfork(), the data space copy has a very limited lifespan, being discarded afterwards. Signed-off-by: André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/man2/vfork.2 b/man2/vfork.2 index ef86812..6dc1c28 100644 --- a/man2/vfork.2 +++ b/man2/vfork.2 @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ and to create a unique task structure for the child. However, in the bad old days a .BR fork (2) would require making a complete copy of the caller's data space, -often needlessly, since usually immediately afterwards an +often needlessly, since usually it's discarded immediately afterwards an .BR exec (3) is done. Thus, for greater efficiency, BSD introduced the -- 1.6.4.2.268.g6ea71
From d12bf2ad1cbf72c4b4bc6913e1ce8077333bade0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Andr=C3=A9=20Goddard=20Rosa?= <andre.goddard@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 11:19:36 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] vfork.2: Add sentence explaining what is done to data space copy after exec(3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Explain that in case exec() is done immediately after vfork(), the data space copy has a very limited lifespan, being discarded afterwards. Signed-off-by: André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/man2/vfork.2 b/man2/vfork.2 index ef86812..6dc1c28 100644 --- a/man2/vfork.2 +++ b/man2/vfork.2 @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ and to create a unique task structure for the child. However, in the bad old days a .BR fork (2) would require making a complete copy of the caller's data space, -often needlessly, since usually immediately afterwards an +often needlessly, since usually it's discarded immediately afterwards an .BR exec (3) is done. Thus, for greater efficiency, BSD introduced the -- 1.6.4.2.268.g6ea71
