I have a problem with the clone system call I don't understand.
Is it possible that the clone call does not work right when the CLONE_VM
flag is used?
A small test program I have written which shows the prob is at
http://cip.physik.uni-bonn.de/~muenning/forktest.c
Please excuse the bad readability, the almost nonexistant comments and
the use of german but this code was NOT intended for general public.
When compiled like this the child process does not run at all but
becomes instantly a zombie.
I have figured out that any combination of the clone-flags works except
when using CLONE_VM. Even when using CLONE_VM, the call completes
successful.
So, is there a way to create a child process that shares the page tables
(=memory areas) AND runs? What have I done wrong in my code?
Please reply also via e-mail.
TIA.
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