Re: [PATCH] fork(2): add ENOSYS

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Hi Mike,

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  man2/fork.2 |    4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man2/fork.2 b/man2/fork.2
> index 4089fb9..fb604ac 100644
> --- a/man2/fork.2
> +++ b/man2/fork.2
> @@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ capability.
>  .B ENOMEM
>  .BR fork ()
>  failed to allocate the necessary kernel structures because memory is tight.
> +.TP
> +.B ENOSYS
> +.BR fork ()
> +is not supported on this platform (e.g. a no-mmu setup).
>  .SH "CONFORMING TO"
>  SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
>  .SH NOTES

I'm curious. Which architectures currently do this, do you know?

Thanks,

Michael


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Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/
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