"Hunkeler Peter , KIUK 3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. .. > By definintion fork() must start the new process in a *new* > address space. It's a one-to-one copy of the forking process. > From a UNIX perspective, everything is copied over; > in z/OS's implementation some MVS related things are not > copied, e.g. "DD-statements". > > "New" doesn't not necessarily mean a newly created address > space but one that is "clean". In z/OS, fork() will ask for a > BPXAS, which may be an idle one or one that will be started > for that request if there is no idle one (WLM decides). > > > Peter Hunkeler > CREDIT SUISSE
What does WLM decide in this case? If there is no free one, a new one *must* be started, doesn't it? Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
