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- do not call pthread_atfork(3) handlers when a multithreaded program

calls vfork(2). "untested, but looks OK" marc@
- document vfork(2), popen(3) and system(3) don't call atfork handlers
in multithreaded programs. okay jmc@
OPENBSD_4_4
kurt 16 years ago
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      src/lib/libc/stdlib/system.3

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src/lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 View File

@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $OpenBSD: system.3,v 1.10 2007/05/31 19:19:32 jmc Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: system.3,v 1.11 2008/04/04 19:30:41 kurt Exp $
.\"
.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
.Dd $Mdocdate: April 4 2008 $
.Dt SYSTEM 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ Otherwise,
.Fn system
returns the termination status of the shell in the format specified by
.Xr waitpid 2 .
.Pp
Note that fork handlers established using
.Xr pthread_atfork 3
are not called when a multithreaded program calls
.Fn system .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If a child process cannot be created, or the termination status of
the shell cannot be obtained,


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