From 3268d34951db85a913d227b637759c57e6d13f37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:14:54 +0100 Subject: open_issues/performance/fork: Suggest some reading about Windows / Cygwin issues. --- open_issues/performance/fork.mdwn | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/open_issues/performance/fork.mdwn b/open_issues/performance/fork.mdwn index 2748be53..5ceb6455 100644 --- a/open_issues/performance/fork.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/performance/fork.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -14,3 +14,24 @@ Our [[`fork` implementation|glibc/fork]] is nontrivial. To do: hard numbers. [[Microbenchmarks]]? + + +# Windows / Cygwin + + * + + * + + In particular, *5.6. Process Creation*. + + * + + * + + > Cygwin has recently adopted something called the "cygwin heap". This is + > an internal heap that is inherited by forked/execed children. It + > consists of process specific information that should be inherited. So + > things like the file descriptor table, the current working directory, and + > the chroot value live there. + + * -- cgit v1.2.3