PTHREAD_ATFORK(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_ATFORK(3)NAME
pthread_atfork -- register handlers to be called before and after fork()
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
int
pthread_atfork(void (*prepare)(void), void (*parent)(void), void (*child)(void));
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_atfork() function declares fork handlers to be called before and after fork(2), in the context of the thread that called fork(2).
The handlers registered with pthread_atfork() are called at the moments in time described below:
prepare Before fork(2) processing commences in the parent process. If more than one prepare handler is registered they will be called in
the opposite order they were registered.
parent After fork(2) completes in the parent process. If more than one parent handler is registered they will be called in the same order
they were registered.
child After fork(2) processing completes in the child process. If more than one child handler is registered they will be called in the
same order they were registered.
If no handling is desired at one or more of these three points, a null pointer may be passed as the corresponding fork handler.
Important: only async-signal-safe functions are allowed on the child side of fork(). See sigaction(2) for details.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, the pthread_atfork() function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The pthread_atfork() function will fail if:
[ENOMEM] The system lacked the necessary resources to add another handler to the list.
SEE ALSO fork(2), pthread(3)STANDARDS
The pthread_atfork() conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'').
BSD June 21, 2004 BSD
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PTHREAD_ATFORK(3) Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_ATFORK(3)NAME
pthread_atfork - register handlers to be called at fork(2) time
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
int pthread_atfork(void (*prepare)(void), void (*parent)(void), void (*child)(void));
DESCRIPTION
pthread_atfork registers handler functions to be called just before and just after a new process is created with fork(2). The prepare han-
dler will be called from the parent process, just before the new process is created. The parent handler will be called from the parent
process, just before fork(2) returns. The child handler will be called from the child process, just before fork(2) returns.
One or several of the three handlers prepare, parent and child can be given as NULL, meaning that no handler needs to be called at the cor-
responding point.
pthread_atfork can be called several times to install several sets of handlers. At fork(2) time, the prepare handlers are called in LIFO
order (last added with pthread_atfork, first called before fork), while the parent and child handlers are called in FIFO order (first
added, first called).
To understand the purpose of pthread_atfork, recall that fork(2) duplicates the whole memory space, including mutexes in their current
locking state, but only the calling thread: other threads are not running in the child process. The mutexes are not usable after the fork
and must be initialized with pthread_mutex_init in the child process. This is a limitation of the current implementation and might or
might not be present in future versions.
RETURN VALUE
pthread_atfork returns 0 on success and a non-zero error code on error.
ERRORS
ENOMEM insufficient memory available to register the handlers.
AUTHOR
Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>
SEE ALSO fork(2), pthread_mutex_lock(3), pthread_mutex_unlock(3).
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