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Diffstat (limited to 'glibc')
| -rw-r--r-- | glibc/fork.mdwn | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/glibc/fork.mdwn b/glibc/fork.mdwn index 378fe835..496dc743 100644 --- a/glibc/fork.mdwn +++ b/glibc/fork.mdwn @@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ task|microkernel/mach/task]]. The address space can simply be duplicated by standard means of the [[microkernel/Mach]], but as [[unix/file_descriptor]]s (for example) are a concept that is implemented inside [[glibc]] (based on [[Mach port|microkernel/mach/port]]s), these have to be duplicated from -userspace, which requires a small number of [[RPC]] for each of them. - -In sum, [[this affects performance|open_issues/performance/fork]] when new +userspace, which requires a small number of [[RPC]]s for each of them, and in +the sum, [[this affects performance|open_issues/performance/fork]] when new processes are continuously being spawned from the shell, for example. Often, a `fork` call will eventually be followed by an `exec`, which [[may in |