opnsense-src/lib/libc/sys/_Fork.c
Konstantin Belousov 49ad342cc1 Add _Fork()
Current POSIX standard requires fork() to be async-signal safe.  Neither
our implementation, nor implementations in other operating systems are,
and practically it is impossible to make fork() async-signal safe without
too much efforts.  Also, that would put undue requirement that all atfork
handlers should be async-signal safe as well, which contradicts its main
use.

As result, Austin Group dropped the requirement, and added a new function
_Fork() that should be async-signal safe, but it does not call atfork
handlers.  Basically, _Fork() can be implemented as a raw syscall.

Release of glibc 2.34 added _Fork(), do the same for FreeBSD.
Clarify threading behavior for fork() in the manpage.

Reviewed by:	markj
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after:	2 weeks
Differential revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31378
2021-08-03 21:19:32 +03:00

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/*
* Copyright (c) 2021 The FreeBSD Foundation.
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*
* Portions of this software were developed by Konstantin Belousov
* under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
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#include <sys/cdefs.h>
__FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "libc_private.h"
#pragma weak _Fork
pid_t
_Fork(void)
{
return (__sys_fork());
}