On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 01:31:58PM +0200, Joerg Barfurth wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just stumbled over this:
>
> Edward Pilatowicz schrieb:
>> - nit: in start_zoneadmd(), instead of:
>> if ((child_pid = fork()) == -1) {
>> zperror(gettext("could not fork"));
>> goto out;
>> } else if (child_pid == 0) {
>> ...
>> _exit(1);
>> } else {
>> ...
>> }
>> how about:
>> if ((child_pid = fork()) == -1) {
>> zperror(gettext("could not fork"));
>> goto out;
>> }
>>
>> if (child_pid == 0) {
>> ...
>> _exit(1);
>> }
>>
>> ...
>>
>> - nit: we have direct bindings now. :) so why bother with:
>> _exit(1)
>> instead just call:
>> exit(1)
>>
>
> Beware: _exit() is not just a linker synonym for exit(). See the exit(2)
> man page for differences. When fork-ing without exec, calling _exit is the
> proper way to exit; see the Notes section in the fork(2) man page.
>
yeah. i've educated myself with the man pages. earlier i just saw the leading
'_' and assumed that _exit() was just a linker synonym.
thanks
ed
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