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From: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
To: dash@vger.kernel.org, Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: Looking at "int vforked" in signal handler is racy
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2025 15:42:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <38e17655-0aee-6bc2-bad9-7a209fa6d51e@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dadfa485-b5ee-30d7-7154-362cf2eb04cd@redhat.com>


> I see this solution:
> 
> vfork_parent_pid = getpid();
> have_vfork_sibling = 1;
> pid = vfork();
> if (!pid) { child ops; NORETURN; }
> have_vfork_sibling = 0;
> 
> void
> onsig(int signo)
> {
>          if (after_vfork && getpid() != vfork_parent_pid)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^s/after_vfork/have_vfork_sibling/

>                  /* We are vfork child, DO NOT MODIFY ANY VARIABLES! */
>                  return;


  reply	other threads:[~2025-08-09 13:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-09 13:29 Looking at "int vforked" in signal handler is racy Denys Vlasenko
2025-08-09 13:42 ` Denys Vlasenko [this message]
2025-08-09 13:52 ` Harald van Dijk
2025-08-10 19:33   ` Denys Vlasenko
2025-08-10 22:20     ` Harald van Dijk
2025-08-11  5:00       ` Herbert Xu
2025-08-11 12:58         ` Harald van Dijk
2025-08-22  1:32           ` Harald van Dijk
2025-08-24  2:39             ` Herbert Xu

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