Re: [PATCH v2] nptl: remove duplicate vfork() in libpthread

On Friday 24 July 2015 09:26 AM, Bernhard Reutner-Fischer wrote:
> On July 22, 2015 5:05:34 PM GMT+02:00, Alexey Brodkin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >Hi Bernard,
>> >This patch indeed fixes problems with duplicate vfork in both libc and
>> >libpthread.
>> >I'm wondering if there's a chance for this patch to be applied still?
> Well, but it's wrong, isn't it. 

Is it ? It makes pthread also use the libc version. The only difference between
them was pthread version had a small optimization which could be done away
altogether with if u read thru the tread below.

https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-05/msg00238.html

> pt-vfork.o should instead live in, say,  libpthread_nonshared.a and be at the end of the libs so it is picked up by the linker when static linking, no?

Could be done that way too but not needed if above is sufficient.

-Vineet