[openib-general] [PATCH/RFC] libibverbs and libmthca fork support
Roland Dreier
rdreier at cisco.com
Tue Aug 1 16:50:18 PDT 2006
I guess this is pretty uncontroversial, so I'll check this in
tomorrow. But one last call for comments: in particular, does anyone
object to libibverbs being fork-unsafe by default unless ibv_fork_init
is called?
> +/**
> + * ibv_fork_init - Prepare data structures so that fork() may be used
> + * safely. If this function is not called or returns a non-zero
> + * status, then libibverbs data structures are not fork()-safe and the
> + * effect of an application calling fork() is undefined.
> + */
> +int ibv_fork_init(void);
- R.
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