From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 20 06:55:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F030106566C; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:55:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brueffer@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1CA58FC1B; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:55:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAK6tZdl032150; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:55:35 GMT (envelope-from brueffer@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from brueffer@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nAK6tZjE032148; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:55:35 GMT (envelope-from brueffer@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <200911200655.nAK6tZjE032148@svn.freebsd.org> From: Christian Brueffer Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:55:35 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: stable-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r199568 - stable/8/lib/libc/sys X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:55:36 -0000 Author: brueffer Date: Fri Nov 20 06:55:35 2009 New Revision: 199568 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/199568 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/8/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 Directory Properties: stable/8/lib/libc/ (props changed) stable/8/lib/libc/stdtime/ (props changed) Modified: stable/8/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 ============================================================================== --- stable/8/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 Fri Nov 20 06:54:47 2009 (r199567) +++ stable/8/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 Fri Nov 20 06:55:35 2009 (r199568) @@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ .\" @(#)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 @@ -113,14 +113,6 @@ 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