From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 2 00:29:28 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9E0D14B8; Sat, 2 May 2015 00:29:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C20A11B9; Sat, 2 May 2015 00:29:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t420TS3r081094; Sat, 2 May 2015 00:29:28 GMT (envelope-from markj@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from markj@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t420TSaH081093; Sat, 2 May 2015 00:29:28 GMT (envelope-from markj@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201505020029.t420TSaH081093@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: markj set sender to markj@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Mark Johnston Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 00:29:28 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r282333 - head/lib/libc/sys X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 May 2015 00:29:28 -0000 Author: markj Date: Sat May 2 00:29:27 2015 New Revision: 282333 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/282333 Log: fork(2): Add a note to the effect that kqueue descriptors, unlike other descriptor types, are not inherited from the parent process. Reported by: kmacy MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/fork.2 Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/fork.2 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/sys/fork.2 Sat May 2 00:27:58 2015 (r282332) +++ head/lib/libc/sys/fork.2 Sat May 2 00:29:27 2015 (r282333) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)fork.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 31, 2013 +.Dd May 1, 2015 .Dt FORK 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ The child process has a unique process I The child process has a different parent process ID (i.e., the process ID of the parent process). .It -The child process has its own copy of the parent's descriptors. +The child process has its own copy of the parent's descriptors, +except for descriptors returned by +.Xr kqueue 2 , +which are not inherited from the parent process. These descriptors reference the same underlying objects, so that, for instance, file pointers in file objects are shared between the child and the parent, so that an