libc/bionic/fork.c

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#include <unistd.h>
#include "pthread_internal.h"
#include "cpuacct.h"

extern int  __fork(void);

int  fork(void)
{
    int  ret;

    /* Posix mandates that the timers of a fork child process be
     * disarmed, but not destroyed. To avoid a race condition, we're
     * going to stop all timers now, and only re-start them in case
     * of error, or in the parent process
     */
    __timer_table_start_stop(1);
    ret = __fork();
    if (ret != 0) {  /* not a child process */
        __timer_table_start_stop(0);
    } else {
        /*
         * Newly created process must update cpu accounting.
         * Call cpuacct_add passing in our uid, which will take
         * the current task id and add it to the uid group passed
         * as a parameter.
         */
        cpuacct_add(getuid());
    }
    return ret;
}