Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:05:38 +0000 (UTC) From: Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-6@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r199570 - stable/6/lib/libc/sys Message-ID: <200911200705.nAK75cPM032472@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: brueffer Date: Fri Nov 20 07:05:38 2009 New Revision: 199570 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/199570 Log: MFC: r199255, r199257 Improved the manpage description. The committed wording was provided by jhb. Remove a note about vfork(4) going to be eliminated, it's here to stay. Modified: stable/6/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 Directory Properties: stable/6/lib/libc/ (props changed) Modified: stable/6/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 ============================================================================== --- stable/6/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 Fri Nov 20 07:00:40 2009 (r199569) +++ stable/6/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 Fri Nov 20 07:05:38 2009 (r199570) @@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ .\" @(#)vfork.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dd November 13, 2009 .Dt VFORK 2 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm vfork -.Nd spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way +.Nd create a new process without copying the address space .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS @@ -117,14 +117,6 @@ The system call appeared in .Bx 2.9 . .Sh BUGS -This system call will be eliminated when proper system sharing -mechanisms are implemented. -Users should not depend on the memory -sharing semantics of -.Fn vfork -as it will, in that case, be made synonymous to -.Xr fork 2 . -.Pp To avoid a possible deadlock situation, processes that are children in the middle of a
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