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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
| commit | 5cb84ec742fd33f78c8022863fadaa8d0d93e176 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a81ca3665e6153923e40db7b0d988f8573ab59c /static/netbsd/man9/cpu_lwp_fork.9 | |
| parent | a59214f344567c037d5776879bcfc5fcc1d4d5f6 (diff) | |
feat: Added NetBSD man pages
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man9/cpu_lwp_fork.9 b/static/netbsd/man9/cpu_lwp_fork.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b60e1d10 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man9/cpu_lwp_fork.9 @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: cpu_lwp_fork.9,v 1.7 2018/04/26 14:59:11 scole Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2002, 2005, 2006 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Gregory McGarry; and Rui Paulo. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd April 26, 2018 +.Dt CPU_LWP_FORK 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm cpu_lwp_fork , +.Nm child_return , +.Nm lwp_trampoline +.Nd finish a fork operation +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/proc.h +.Ft void +.Fn cpu_lwp_fork "struct lwp *l1" "struct lwp *l2" "void *stack" \ +"size_t stacksize" "void (*func)(void *)" "void *arg" +.Ft void +.Fn child_return "void *arg" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn cpu_lwp_fork +is the machine-dependent portion of +.Fn fork1 +which finishes a fork operation, with child lwp +.Fa l2 +nearly set up. +It copies and updates the PCB and trap frame from the parent +.Fa l1 , +making the child ready to run. +.Pp +.Fn cpu_lwp_fork +rigs the child's kernel stack so that it will start in +.Fn lwp_trampoline . +.Fn lwp_trampoline +does not have a normal calling sequence and is entered by +.Fn cpu_switchto . +If an alternate user-level stack is requested (with non-zero values +in both the +.Fa stack +and +.Fa stacksize +arguments), the user stack pointer is set up accordingly. +.Pp +After being entered by +.Fn cpu_switchto +and while running in user context (within the kernel) +.Fn lwp_trampoline +will invoke the function +.Fa func +with the argument +.Fa arg . +If a kernel thread is being created, the return path and argument +are specified with +.Fa func +and +.Fa arg . +If a user process is being created, +.Fn fork1 +will pass +.Fn child_return +and +.Fa l2 +to +.Fn cpu_lwp_fork +as +.Fa func +and +.Fa arg +respectively. +This causes the newly-created child process to go directly to user +level with an apparent return value of 0 from +.Xr fork 2 , +while the parent process returns normally. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr fork 2 , +.Xr cpu_switchto 9 , +.Xr fork1 9 |
