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weird interaction between `fork` and threads in perl 5 24.0
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#!/usr/bin/env perl | |
use strict; | |
use warnings; | |
use 5.020; | |
use threads; | |
sub run_child { | |
my ($value) = @_; | |
my $tid = threads->tid; | |
if (my $pid=fork()) { | |
say "$tid waiting for $pid"; | |
# the waitpid() seems to block all threads, not just the | |
# current one | |
# my $exit = waitpid($pid,0); | |
# say "$tid - $pid exited with $exit"; | |
} | |
else { | |
say "$$ spawned from $tid, value $value"; | |
say "$$ thread: ".$_->tid for threads->list; | |
sleep(2); | |
exit $value; | |
} | |
} | |
my @threads = map { threads->create(\&run_child,$_) } 1..10; | |
while (my @running = threads->list) { | |
say "$$ joining " . $running[0]->tid; | |
$running[0]->join; | |
} | |
# this is to wait for the children to exit, since we can't use the | |
# waitpid | |
sleep(5); |
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