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Re: [PATCH] [BZ #18433] Check file access/existence before forking.
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>
- To: Rich Felker <dalias at libc dot org>
- Cc: Alexander Monakov <amonakov at ispras dot ru>, Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>, Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>, navid Rahimi <rahimi dot nv at gmail dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 18:23:07 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] [BZ #18433] Check file access/existence before forking.
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Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org> writes:
> I've found CLONE_VFORK unreliable on Linux: under some conditions,
> when running under ptrace, I observed the parent returning before the
> child execs/exits, and of course horrible memory corruption resulted.
Did you report it?
Andreas.
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