Subj : Re: signaling threads from a forked child? To : comp.programming.threads From : ptjm Date : Sun Aug 07 2005 05:05 pm In article <1123244554.954234.232160@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, markh@compro.net wrote: [...] % then continues on executing more instructions. This legacy computer % has an SMP option (max 2 processors) . I fork this guy from the CPU % process. This Second CPU was never allowed to do I/O or deal with You should be aware that POSIX does not allow you to use traditional forked process techniques in threaded programs. In particular, you are not permitted to execute any functions which are not asynch-signal safe in the child process. This does not include, for instance, any of the pthread_*() functions. -- Patrick TJ McPhee North York Canada ptjm@interlog.com .