Kernel::fork should use forkall(2) on solaris instead of fork(2)
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                 Key: JRUBY-1846
                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-1846
             Project: JRuby
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Java Integration
         Environment: Solaris
            Reporter: Wayne Meissner
            Priority: Minor


Kernel::fork() will probably have to use forkall() on Solaris to have the same 
semantics as on Linux and MacOS where all threads are copied.

According to http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5137/6mba5vpjq?a=view), 
Solaris' fork() creates a new process with only one thread (the caller thread). 
 This has the bad side-effect of potentially leaving locks that were held by 
other threads still held, and may cause deadlock if any attempt is made to 
acquire those locks.




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