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author | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-02-18 00:58:35 +0100 |
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committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-02-18 00:58:35 +0100 |
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Revert "rename open_issues.mdwn to service_solahart_jakarta_selatan__082122541663.mdwn"
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diff --git a/open_issues/performance/fork.mdwn b/open_issues/performance/fork.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5ceb6455 --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/performance/fork.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag open_issue_glibc open_issue_hurd]] + +Our [[`fork` implementation|glibc/fork]] is nontrivial. + +To do: hard numbers. +[[Microbenchmarks]]? + + +# Windows / Cygwin + + * <http://www.google.com/search?q=cygwin+fork> + + * <http://www.redhat.com/support/wpapers/cygnus/cygnus_cygwin/architecture.html> + + In particular, *5.6. Process Creation*. + + * <http://archive.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=360290> + + * <http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/winsup/cygwin/how-cygheap-works.txt?cvsroot=src> + + > Cygwin has recently adopted something called the "cygwin heap". This is + > an internal heap that is inherited by forked/execed children. It + > consists of process specific information that should be inherited. So + > things like the file descriptor table, the current working directory, and + > the chroot value live there. + + * <http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=588994> |