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		zokier 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tokio and Prctl = Nasty Bug I wonder if this is difference between libc fork (which calls clone syscall) and kernel fork syscall.

skissane 10 months ago [–]

No, it isn’t. Neither glibc fork nor kernel fork syscall provide any special handling for PDEATHSIG beyond what clone syscall does.

eqvinox 10 months ago | [–]

Yeah, I misremembered/misread and didn't check. Bleh.

(The article sets it after forking.)

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