cvs commit: src/include Makefile spawn.h unistd.h src/lib/libc/gen Makefile.inc Symbol.map exec.3 exec.c posix_spawn.c

Ed Schouten ed at 80386.nl
Tue Jun 17 16:09:17 UTC 2008


* Maxim Sobolev <sobomax at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> Are there any benefits of doing it in the kernel vs. doing it via fork+exec?

In theory there should be performance benefits, because there is no need
to fork an entire process. You would only need to handcraft a new one.

-- 
 Ed Schouten <ed at 80386.nl>
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