fork inside ip_input

[Simon 'corecode' Schubert]

Mykola Stryebkov wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> Have a strange question: is it possible to create new process (using
> fork or fork1) from inside of ip_input()?

i don't think so.

> In kernel sources i found example of using fork1 in init_main.c but
> looking into ip_input.c i do not understand where i can get pointers to
> a thread and parent process to pass it into fork1.

only a process can fork, but ip_input is run from interrupt, not in a process context.  which process do you want to fork anyways?

cheers
  simon

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