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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2004-09-12 18:05:37 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2004-09-12 18:05:37 +0000
commit9ad684229e7cf2f0b3c6068b2122701d167a5794 (patch)
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Update.
	* posix/spawn.h [__USE_GNU]: Define POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK.
	* posix/spawnattr_setflags.c: Check whether any unknown bit is set
	in FLAGS parameter and fail if this is the case.
	* sysdeps/posix/spawni.c: Use vfork if POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK flag is
	set.
Diffstat (limited to 'sysdeps/posix')
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/posix/spawni.c15
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/posix/spawni.c b/sysdeps/posix/spawni.c
index f65a0957a7..69106c480e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/posix/spawni.c
+++ b/sysdeps/posix/spawni.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Guts of POSIX spawn interface.  Generic POSIX.1 version.
-   Copyright (C) 2000,01,02, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -76,10 +76,16 @@ __spawni (pid_t *pid, const char *file,
   char *path, *p, *name;
   size_t len;
   size_t pathlen;
-  short int flags;
+
+  /* Do this once.  */
+  short int flags = attrp == NULL ? 0 : attrp->__flags;
 
   /* Generate the new process.  */
-  new_pid = __fork ();
+  if (flags & POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK)
+    new_pid = __vfork ();
+  else
+    new_pid = __fork ();
+
   if (new_pid != 0)
     {
       if (new_pid < 0)
@@ -92,9 +98,6 @@ __spawni (pid_t *pid, const char *file,
       return 0;
     }
 
-  /* Do this once.  */
-  flags = attrp == NULL ? 0 : attrp->__flags;
-
   /* Set signal mask.  */
   if ((flags & POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK) != 0
       && __sigprocmask (SIG_SETMASK, &attrp->__ss, NULL) != 0)