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Re: LDT initialization after fork() for LinuxThreads?
- To: drepper at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: LDT initialization after fork() for LinuxThreads?
- From: Wolfram Gloger <wmglo at dent dot med dot uni-muenchen dot de>
- Date: 1 Jul 2001 08:31:39 -0000
- CC: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <200106271446.QAA61787@max.zk-i.med.uni-muenchen.de> <m3wv5wgpkt.fsf@otr.mynet>
> Wolfram Gloger <Wolfram.Gloger@dent.med.uni-muenchen.de> writes:
>
> > But, my tests indicate that modified LDT entries aren't inherited
> > across fork().
>
> But they should. And if I remember correctly, this used to be the
> case. Don't know which kernel version you are using and haven't
> tested it here.
I'm sorry for the false alarm: I can't reproduce it with Linux-2.4.x
(and maybe my test program was wrong, too). Therefore, currently I
have no evidence for an LDT problem in LinuxThreads.
Regards,
Wolfram.