Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:57:28 +0200 From: Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@fs.ei.tum.de> To: Mykola Stryebkov <mykola.stryebkov@gmail.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fork inside ip_input Message-ID: <44B7A2C8.7050407@fs.ei.tum.de> In-Reply-To: <20060714134953.GA2404@taran.infoua.com.ua> References: <20060714134953.GA2404@taran.infoua.com.ua>
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Mykola Stryebkov wrote:
> Hi all.
>=20
> Have a strange question: is it possible to create new process (using
> fork or fork1) from inside of ip_input()?
i don't think so.
> In kernel sources i found example of using fork1 in init_main.c but
> looking into ip_input.c i do not understand where i can get pointers to=
> a thread and parent process to pass it into fork1.
only a process can fork, but ip_input is run from interrupt, not in a pro=
cess context. which process do you want to fork anyways?
cheers
simon
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