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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/rfork_thread.3 b/lib/libc/gen/rfork_thread.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 0ade53b8afb6..000000000000 --- a/lib/libc/gen/rfork_thread.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,85 +0,0 @@ -.\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> -.\" All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.Dd February 6, 2011 -.Dt RFORK_THREAD 3 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm rfork_thread -.Nd create a rfork-based process thread -.Sh LIBRARY -.Lb libc -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.In unistd.h -.Ft pid_t -.Fn rfork_thread "int flags" "void *stack" "int (*func)(void *arg)" "void *arg" -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Bf -symbolic -The -.Fn rfork_thread -function has been deprecated in favor of -.Xr pthread_create 3 . -.Ef -.Pp -The -.Fn rfork_thread -function -is a helper function for -.Xr rfork 2 . -It arranges for a new process to be created and the child process will -call the specified function with the specified argument, while running on -the supplied stack. -.Pp -Using this function should avoid the need to implement complex stack -swap code. -.Sh RETURN VALUES -Upon successful completion, -.Fn rfork_thread -returns the process ID of the child process to the parent process. -Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned -to the parent process, no child process is created, and the global -variable -.Va errno -is set to indicate the error. -.Pp -The child process context is not aware of a return from the -.Fn rfork_thread -function as it begins executing directly with the supplied function. -.Sh ERRORS -See -.Xr rfork 2 -for error return codes. -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr fork 2 , -.Xr intro 2 , -.Xr minherit 2 , -.Xr rfork 2 , -.Xr vfork 2 , -.Xr pthread_create 3 -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Fn rfork_thread -function first appeared in -.Fx 4.3 . |