Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)

FreeBSD Manual Pages

  
 
  

home | help
RFORK_THREAD(3) 	     Library Functions Manual		 RFORK_THREAD(3)

NAME
     rfork_thread -- create a rfork-based process thread

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <unistd.h>

     pid_t
     rfork_thread(int flags, void *stack, int (*func)(void *arg), void *arg);

DESCRIPTION
     The  rfork_thread()  function  has been deprecated in favor of pthread_cre-
     ate(3).

     The rfork_thread() function is a helper function for rfork(2).  It arranges
     for a new process to be created and the child process will call the  speci-
     fied  function  with  the specified argument, while running on the supplied
     stack.

     Using this function should avoid the need to implement complex  stack  swap
     code.

RETURN VALUES
     Upon  successful  completion,  rfork_thread() returns the process ID of the
     child process to the parent process.  Otherwise, a value of -1 is	returned
     to the parent process, no child process is created, and the global variable
     errno is set to indicate the error.

     The  child process context is not aware of a return from the rfork_thread()
     function as it begins executing directly with the supplied function.

ERRORS
     See rfork(2) for error return codes.

SEE ALSO
     fork(2), intro(2), minherit(2), rfork(2), vfork(2), pthread_create(3)

HISTORY
     The rfork_thread() function first appeared in FreeBSD 4.3.

FreeBSD ports 15.1		February 6, 2011		 RFORK_THREAD(3)

Want to link to this manual page? Use this URL:
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rfork_thread&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+15.1-RELEASE+and+Ports>

home | help