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Subject: Re: Superpages on amd64 FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE
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on 07/12/2009 17:20 Mel Flynn said the following:
> b) vfork is encouraged for memory intensive applications, yet:
> BUGS
>      This system call will be eliminated when proper system sharing mechanisms
>      are implemented.  Users should not depend on the memory sharing semantics
>      of vfork() as it will, in that case, be made synonymous to fork(2).
> 
> So is this entire problem eliminated when system sharing mechanisms are in 
> place and vfork considered the temporary work around or is copying of 
> superpages a problem that remains?

I think no :)
This section is either already removed or is going to be.

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Andriy Gapon