On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 9:58 AM Roger Riggs <roger.ri...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Hi David, > > How does your proposal differ from the current posix_spawn and > jspawnhelper MODE_POSIX_SPAWN > implementation available on Solaris and AIX?
Reading through the code, it ends up being pretty much identical AFAICT; if I understand correctly, Linux would be using vfork (or its equivalent) internally in this case. > This area is sensitive enough that it would be prudent to implement it > as a new mode in ProcessImpl/ProcessImpl; retaining the existing options. > Changing the default could be a build option and would require extensive > testing and a long stability period. Seems worthwhile though, given vfork's now-10-year-old obsolescence. It looks like Linux is the only platform still using vfork for ProcessImpl in OpenJDK. -- - DML
