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From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: threads/115211: pthread_atfork misbehaves in initial thread
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Douglas Wells wrote:

>
> Yes, I can verify that using:
> 	-pthread => erroneous behavior
> 	-lthr => expected behavior
> on my installation of 6.2.

The problem is that the program isn't threaded yet.  I'm not sure if
this is really a problem since pthread_atfork() is used to protect
and initialize data when a multi-threaded program forks.  If the
program isn't threaded, is there really a need to do this?

That said, it should work regardless.

-- 
DE