[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #914: Don't use fork()

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Tue Oct 24 08:49:08 CDT 2017


#914: Don't use fork()
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  Reporter:  eschnett               |       Owner:     
      Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  new
  Priority:  minor                  |   Milestone:     
 Component:  EinsteinToolkit thorn  |     Version:     
Resolution:                         |    Keywords:     
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Comment (by rhaas):

 I believe fork() is ok. exec() can be a problem and so is doing anything
 with MPI in the forked() process (including and in particular calling
 MPI_Finalize).

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/914#comment:5>
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