From bfd123722c1b4f1eec58df9de60625efbb9ef23d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:49:06 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update README for urcu-bp fork handling Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers --- README | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index ec0d6a2..b6d2ae4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -201,4 +201,6 @@ Interaction with fork() threads) should be released before a fork() is performed, except for the rather common scenario where fork() is immediately followed by exec() in the child process. The only implementation not subject to that rule is - liburcu-bp, which is designed to handle this case. + liburcu-bp, which is designed to handle this case by requiring a call to + synchronize_rcu() following the fork() in the child before any new + thread is created. -- 2.34.1