Hi... On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 22:05, lalit mohan tripathi <lalit.tripathi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've a general question: In Multiprocessor (Multi-Core) (SMP) > environment how does fork system call (do_fork() related code) > maintain the synchronization in case the threads of a process are > running on different processors? E.g. it can happen that the fork() > is called by cpu-0 thread and other thread of same process is > executing on cpu-1. well, AFAIK, the newly born child, at least when they are just about to kick in into the run queue (in any CPU), is actually still inside the parent's code path. Or in simpler word, they are still bound in the same core/processor they are created. Therefore, there's no problem regarding task struct duplication etc is that what you mean? -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
