[asterisk-dev] fork or pthread_atfork

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Friday 06 April 2007, Yuan Qin wrote:
> The ast_log() will lock a mutex if appropriate, but the mutex may be in
> locked state already.
> Maybe we should use pthread_atfork() instead of fork() or never call some
> functions that hold mutex
> before execv() in child process.
>
> Is there something that I missed?

You missed the fact that the ast_log() only runs if the fork failed, which
means it can NEVER happen in the child process, only in the parent (and
only when there is no child).

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Tilghman