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On Jul 27 12:02, Bence Szépkúti wrote: > Hello, > > I was poking around in the fork() code in Cygwin, and was wondering if > someone could explain to me / point me to a discussion of why the NEWVFORK > code was abandoned. > > I realise that this code had been disabled as "not working" since 2008, > however I am interested in why this was the case. Was the concept behind > "short-circuiting" vfork itself unfeasible in the context of Cygwin? Was a > compatible implementation too complex / too slow to be worth it compared to > a regular fork? This was long ago and the original developer hacking this code isn't with us anymore. The only vague recollection I have is that it never really worked right, but no details. Maybe searching the mailing list archives helps unearthing some of the problems. Sorry, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Cygwin Maintainer
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