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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Satyajeet Seth <sseth@sasken.com>
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Subject: Re: Can kernel threads be implemented using rfork?
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* Satyajeet Seth <sseth@sasken.com> [001212 02:21] wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Is it possible to implement threads in FreeBSD 4.0 kernel using the rfork
> system call? If yes, could you give an example?
> 
> 
> I tried to get the following piece of code to work without success.
> 
> #include <unistd.h>
> main()
> {
>         if (rfork( RFPROC | RFNOWAIT | RFMEM | RFSIGSHARE ) > 0)
>         {
>                 while(1)
>                         printf ("Parent process's pid = %d\n", getpid());
>         }
>         while(1)
>                 printf ("Child process's pid = %d\n", getpid());
> }

Use the linuxthreads port and you'll save yourself a lot of
work.

Btw, this question gets asked once or twice a week on this list,
you should check the archives before posting to -hackers.

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-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
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