Followup to: <38DC06D2.5D6A9CD@sgi.com>
By author: Linda Walsh <law@sgi.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I think there should be a 2nd system call with semantics like
> 'vfork' or IRIX's sproc that explicitly allows data segment sharing
> so only stack space needs to be allocated for the fork to work.
> Current fork -- I lean toward not overcommitting -- it seems more
> proper.
>
You mean like vfork()? Or clone()?
-hpa
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