CVS commit: src/bin/sh

["Robert Elz" <kre%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    src
Committed By:   kre
Date:           Sat Dec 21 18:54:15 UTC 2019

Modified Files:
        src/bin/sh: eval.c

Log Message:
Use fork() rather than vfork() when forking to run a background
process with redirects.   If we use vfork() and a redirect hangs
(eg: opening a fifo) which the parent was intended to unhang,
then the parent never gets to continue to unhang the child.

eg:  mkfifo f; cat <f &; echo foo>f

The parent should not be waiting for a background process, even
just for its exec() to complete.   if there are no redirects there
is (should be) nothing left that might be done that will cause any
noticeable delay, so vfork() should be safe in all other cases.


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cvs rdiff -u -r1.176 -r1.177 src/bin/sh/eval.c

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