Index: base/process/process.h |
diff --git a/base/process/process.h b/base/process/process.h |
index ad8f8eec888f2e7c9297a15d0d693f36af0c871e..3047c3f03883e0c84c65fca4bcb7cea21a828ddb 100644 |
--- a/base/process/process.h |
+++ b/base/process/process.h |
@@ -112,6 +112,19 @@ class BASE_EXPORT Process { |
#endif |
}; |
+#if defined(OS_LINUX) |
+// A wrapper for clone with fork-like behavior, meaning that it returns the |
+// child's pid in the parent and 0 in the child. |flags|, |ptid|, and |ctid| are |
+// as in the clone system call (the CLONE_VM flag is not supported). |
+// |
+// This function uses the libc clone wrapper (which updates libc's pid cache) |
+// internally, so callers may expect things like getpid() to work correctly |
+// after in both the child and parent. An exception is when this code is run |
+// under Valgrind. Valgrind does not support the libc clone wrapper, so the libc |
+// pid cache may be incorrect after this function is called under Valgrind. |
+BASE_EXPORT pid_t ForkWithFlags(unsigned long flags, pid_t* ptid, pid_t* ctid); |
jln (very slow on Chromium)
2015/01/06 00:22:31
It may be useful to warn about the usual fork() is
rickyz (no longer on Chrome)
2015/01/06 02:45:37
Done.
|
+#endif |
+ |
} // namespace base |
#endif // BASE_PROCESS_PROCESS_PROCESS_H_ |