RE: (Fwd) Re: includes inside squid.conf

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:hno@marasystems.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:25 PM
> To: Robert Collins
> Cc: squid-dev@squid-cache.org
> Subject: Re: (Fwd) Re: includes inside squid.conf
>
>
> Robert Collins wrote:
>
> > Except for the OS with majority market share. It doesn't have an
> > efficient fork().
>
> Global market share for desktops, or Squid related market share?

Microsoft.
 
> Do this OS have an efficient vfork? Or even efficient execve?

It has an efficient posix_spawn equivalent.
 
> > errno being touched by execve is IMO explicitly allowed by
> the vfork
> > description, as execve is an allowed call.
>
> Do you dare to bet that vfork+execve is threads safe in all
> the relevant
> environments? I don't.

Mmmmm, mumble. I'd call it a huge bug if it's not. And one it would be
reasonable to expect it to get solved.

Rob
Received on Wed Apr 03 2002 - 05:44:09 MST