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0 pointsaerzen19d ago0 comments

Spawning processes should not be on the hot path of any program.

0 pointsaerzen19d ago0 comments

Spawning processes should not be on the hot path of any program.

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171862744019d ago· 3 in thread

Why? That's a very useful processing primitive.

lokar19d ago

It’s a hack with many disadvantages. Sometimes a hack is the right answer, but the kernel should it add a primitive for it.

MBCook19d ago

Should bash link in every program the user might want? Load them up as dynamic libraries?

Aren't we discussing just such a primitive?

pizlonator19d ago· 1 in thread

It ends up on the hot path of programs that use process isolation aggressively

lokar18d ago

Sure, and there a primary thing you want is a whole new environment/context for the child (new environment, fds, memory, cgroups, namespaces, etc).

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