PTHREAD_ATFORK(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_ATFORK(3)NAME
pthread_atfork -- register handlers to be called before and after fork()
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
int
pthread_atfork(void (*prepare)(void), void (*parent)(void), void (*child)(void));
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_atfork() function is used to register functions to be called before and after fork(). The prepare handler is called before
fork(), while the parent and child handlers are called after fork() in the parent and child process respectively. The prepare handlers are
called in reverse order of their registration, while parent and child handlers are called in the order in which they were registered. Any of
the handlers may be NULL.
Important: only async-signal-safe functions are allowed on the child side of fork(). See sigaction(2) for details.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, the pthread_atfork() function will return zero; otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
ERRORS
pthread_atfork() will fail if:
[ENOMEM] The system lacked the necessary resources to add another handler to the list.
SEE ALSO fork(2)STANDARDS
pthread_atfork() conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'').
BSD August 12, 2004 BSD
Check Out this Related Man Page
PTHREAD_ATFORK(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_ATFORK(3)NAME
pthread_atfork -- register handlers to be called when process forks
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
int
pthread_atfork(void (*prepare)(void), void (*parent)(void), void (*child)(void));
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_atfork() function registers the provided handler functions to be called when the fork(2) function is called. Each of the three
handlers is called at a different place in the fork(2) sequence. The prepare handler is called in the parent process before the fork hap-
pens, the parent handler is called in the parent process after the fork has happened, and the child handler is called in the child process
after the fork has happened. The parent and child handlers are called in the order in which they were registered, while the prepare handlers
are called in reverse of the order in which they were registered.
Any of the handlers given may be NULL.
The intended use of pthread_atfork() is to provide a consistent state to a child process from a multithreaded parent process where locks may
be acquired and released asynchronously with respect to the fork(2) call. Each subsystem with locks that are used in a child process should
register handlers with pthread_atfork() that acquires those locks in the prepare handler and releases them in the parent handler.
RETURN VALUES
The pthread_atfork() function returns 0 on success and an error number on failure.
ERRORS
The following error code may be returned:
[ENOMEM] Insufficient memory exists to register the fork handlers.
SEE ALSO fork(2)STANDARDS
The pthread_atfork() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995 (``POSIX.1'').
HISTORY
The pthread_atfork() function first appeared in NetBSD 2.0.
CAVEATS
After calling fork(2) from a multithreaded process, it is only safe to call async-signal-safe functions until calling one of the exec(3)
functions. The pthread_*() functions are not async-signal-safe, so it is not safe to use such functions in the child handler.
BUGS
There is no way to unregister a handler registered with pthread_atfork().
BSD February 12, 2003 BSD
Hi,
I have an c++ application which uses the function fork and execvp().
The parent does not wait until the child ends. The parents just creates children and let them do their stuff.
You can see the parent program as a batch-manager.
I have added a SIGCHLD handler to the program:
void... (3 Replies)
Hy!
I must wrote some code with fork() command. The thing is that i have a while statement which count till 10.
I must wrote a program that one child has only one parent. So one parent has only one child and one child has only one parent. Can you please help me with these code.
int main()... (2 Replies)
Hello guys,
I m working on a chat program with C. I finished the iterative server and it's working well. But once I add fork(), I met problems. I cannot use close or exit, otherwise I cannot accept new connection in next loop. here is my code:
.
.
.
Listen(simpleSocket, 5);
... (3 Replies)
Hi,
i was trying to play with fork,exec and signal for spawning multiple new shells, but it seems that i'm doing blunder somewhere.
<sample code>
1 /*
2 * The idea is to fork multpile(equal to $ULIMIT) childs
3 * and replace their images with process:csh
4 * during this the parent... (3 Replies)
Hello experts,
I am using fork() in my code but I am confused which output comes first child or parent?
I did the following code .My book shows parent first but my linux shows child first.Can anyone tell me why?
#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
int pid;
printf("I am original process with pid... (5 Replies)
How can use signals in a C program If i want a child program to signal it's parent program that it(child) program has completed the task that it was assigned.:confused: (2 Replies)
I have this little program ...
int main(void){
printf("Before");
fork();
printf("After");
}
output is this.....
BeforeAfterBeforeAfter
Shouldnt it be.....BeforeAfterAfter
After parent is forked child receives the copy of program and continues from next statement... (3 Replies)
hi all,
i tried the following source codes:
fork1.c:
main()
{
printf("demo of fork\n");
fork();
printf("hello");
}
output:
demo of fork
hello hello
fork2.c:
main() (3 Replies)
i am a beginner of C, and i tired to fork multiple child and all of them belongs to same parents and each of child responsible for printing individual data.
but i don't have any idea how to do......
Can any body help? thanks a lot really. (7 Replies)
Hi gurus can you explain following lines of code ?
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
int main(void)
{
pid_t pid;
int rv;
switch(pid = fork()) {
case -1:
... (7 Replies)
Hi
I wrote a simple fork program to illustrate the fork() system cal. here it is
#include<stdio.h>
#include<sys/stat.h>
#include<sys/types.h>
main()
{
int flag;
flag=fork();
if(flag==0)
{
printf("Child \n");
printf("Process id= %d\n",getpid());
... (3 Replies)
Hi, can someone please help me with creating mutltiple fork.. I was expecting something like this:
I am a child: 1 PID: 1215
I am a child: 2 PID: 1216
I am a child: 3 PID: 1217
I am a child: 4 PID: 1218
I am a child: 5 PID: 1219
I am a child: 6 PID: 1215
I am a child: 7 PID: 1216
I am a... (4 Replies)
HI,
i am trying to multiply 2 2D arrays (a,b) using fork.
The answer will be at c.
Each child have to calculate 1 row of c.
The code is right, as i think of it, with no errors but i dont get the correct c array...
I think there is maybe a mistake in i dimension ...
Anyway, here is the code:
... (16 Replies)
Hello everyone.
I'm pretty new to the topic of fork(), pipe() etc. All day I've been trying to make my code execute but it doesn't seem to be working the way I understand it. :wall:
Anyway, my task is:
Create a child process that will recive from its parent two intiger values. Than it will... (5 Replies)