linux-kernel - Re: the different effect of system call fork()

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Date:	Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:08:48 +0200
From:	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...mix.at>
To:	Sino <szj087@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: the different effect of system call fork()

Hi!

On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 20:53 +0800, Sino wrote:
[...]
> I don't know whether this is the right place for this email, but I

It's probably not.

> post it here since it concerns the system call of fork.
> here is my fwo source code.
> 
> //fork1.cc
[...]
>    if (pid_t pid = fork() < 0)

I don't think that this line does what you want it to do.
Hint: Using a "pid_t" for the boolean result for a comparison seems
strange at best.

	Bernd
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