Updates #4713.
---
posix-users/process_creation_and_execution.rst | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/posix-users/process_creation_and_execution.rst
b/posix-users/process_creation_and_execution.rst
index 835f3cc..8570b25 100644
--- a/posix-users/process_creation_and_execution.rst
+++ b/posix-users/process_creation_and_execution.rst
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ pthread_atfork - Register Fork Handlers
.. list-table::
:class: rtems-table
- * - ``ENOSYS``
+ * - ``0``
- This routine is not supported by RTEMS.
**DESCRIPTION:**
@@ -322,7 +322,13 @@ This routine is not supported by RTEMS.
**NOTES:**
-NONE
+The POSIX specification for ``pthread_atfork()`` does not address the behavior
+when in a single process environment. Originally, the RTEMS implementation
+returned -1 and set errno to ``ENOSYS``. This was an arbitrary decision
+part with no basis from the wider POSIX community. The FACE Technical
+Standard includes profiles without multiple process support and defined
+the behavior in a single process environment to return 0. Logically, the
+application can register atfork handlers but they will never be invoked.
.. _wait:
--
1.8.3.1
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