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37 .Nd finish a fork operation
41 .Fn cpu_lwp_fork "struct lwp *l1" "struct lwp *l2" "void *stack" \
42 "size_t stacksize" "void (*func)(void *)" "void *arg"
44 .Fn child_return "void *arg"
47 is the machine-dependent portion of
49 which finishes a fork operation, with child lwp
52 It copies and updates the PCB and trap frame from the parent
54 making the child ready to run.
57 rigs the child's kernel stack so that it will start in
60 does not have a normal calling sequence and is entered by
62 If an alternate user-level stack is requested (with non-zero values
67 arguments), the user stack pointer is set up accordingly.
69 After being entered by
71 and while running in user context (within the kernel)
73 will invoke the function
77 If a kernel thread is being created, the return path and argument
82 If a user process is being created,
95 This causes the newly-created child process to go directly to user
96 level with an apparent return value of 0 from
98 while the parent process returns normally.