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* Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> Are there any benefits of doing it in the kernel vs. doing it via fork+ex=
ec?

In theory there should be performance benefits, because there is no need
to fork an entire process. You would only need to handcraft a new one.

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 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
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