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28.Dd August 15, 1996
29.Dt AT_FORK 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm at_fork ,
33.Nm rm_at_fork
34.Nd ask that a function be run at fork
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/types.h
37.In sys/systm.h
38.Ft "typedef void"
39.Fn (*forklist_fn) "struct proc *" "struct proc *" int
40.Pp
41.Ft int
42.Fn at_fork "forklist_fn func"
43.Ft int
44.Fn rm_at_fork "forklist_fn func"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48facility allows a kernel module to ensure that it is notified
49at any process fork.
50The function
51.Fa func
52is called with the a pointer to the forking process's proc structure,
53a pointer to the child's process structure and a flag word,
54as used in
55.Xr rfork 2
56to indicate the type of fork.
57.Pp
58If the requirement for notification is removed, then the function
59.Fn rm_at_fork
60must be called with the exact
61.Fa func
62argument as the corresponding call to
63.Fn at_fork .
64.Sh RETURN VALUES
65.Fn at_fork
66returns an
67.Va errno ,
680 meaning success.
69.Fn rm_at_fork
70returns the number of items removed (should be 0 or 1).
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr fork 2
73.Sh HISTORY
74The
75.Fn at_fork
76function appeared in
77.Fx 2.2 .
78.Sh AUTHORS
79The function was written by
80.An Julian Elischer Aq Mt julian@FreeBSD.org .
81