On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:53:28 GMT, Ben Rosengart wrote:
>
> > But if you can turn off wrapping, you can save a fork()/exec() per
> > connection.
>
> The only exec is an execv() at line 740 of inetd.c, which launches the
> program that will service a request. It's done irrespective of wrapping.
> So you can save a fork, not an exec. Forks are cheap.
Oh, duh. I was still thinking in terms of tcpd, not libwrap.
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Ben
UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group
StarMedia Network, Inc.
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