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Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:35:14 +0300
To: Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@fs.ei.tum.de>
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Subject: Re: fork inside ip_input
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On 14.07.2006 15:57:28, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
> Mykola Stryebkov wrote:
> >Hi all.
> >
> >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 
> process context. which process do you want to fork anyways?

I want to start user-level process on first incoming RTP packet to
install and keep TCP control connection.

-- 
Nick Strebkov
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