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Date:	Fri, 5 Nov 2010 07:32:44 +0000
From:	Gregory Giguashvili <Gregory.Giguashvili@...M.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Change signal mask after vfork/clone system call

> Finally, if using fork should be efficient for starting processes from applications with heavy VM/RSS memory footprint, > this question becomes obsolete.

What about posix_spawn API? It allows for resetting signal mask for the child process, but does it belong to fork or vfork "family"?

Giga
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