NAME
pthread_atfork —
specify handler functions to call when
the process forks
SYNOPSIS
#include
<pthread.h>
int
pthread_atfork(void
(*prepare)(void), void
(*parent)(void), void
(*child)(void));
DESCRIPTION
The
pthread_atfork()
function declares fork handlers to be called before and after
fork(2), in
the context of the thread that called
fork(2). The
prepare fork handler will be called before
fork(2)
processing commences. The parent fork handler will be
called after fork(2) processing completes in the parent process. The
child fork handler will be called after
fork(2)
processing completes in the child process. If no handling is desired at one
or more of these three points, the corresponding fork handler address(es)
may be set to NULL.
The order of calls to
pthread_atfork()
is significant. The parent and
child fork handlers will be called in the order in
which they were established by calls to
pthread_atfork(). The prepare
fork handlers will be called in the opposite order.
If a shared object is unloaded from process
memory using dlclose(3), then any functions registered by calling
pthread_atfork()
from that shared object will be unregistered without being invoked. Note
that it is the source of the call to
pthread_atfork() that matters, not the source of the
functions that were registered.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion,
pthread_atfork() will return a value of zero.
Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
ERRORS
pthread_atfork() will fail if:
- [
ENOMEM] - Insufficient table space exists to record the fork handler addresses. None of the handler lists are modified.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
pthread_atfork() conforms to
IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 (“POSIX.1”).
The behavior when a shared object is unloaded is an extension to that standard.