[Freeswitch-users] Fork( ) and Exec ( ) functions

[Anthony Minessale]

We use threads by default in the switch system.  There is a setting to use
fork instead but it's disabled by default.  The system syscall uses fork
and exec on its own so maybe you just need to make sure ifdefs properly
disable any such functionality.

On Monday, January 19, 2015, Michael Jerris <mike at jerris.com> wrote:

> You can also look at how we have addressed this issue for windows.  The
> places I know of that use these functions.  switch_system (used for
> executing external commands and sending emails), and daemonizing FreeSWITCH.
>
>
> > On Jan 18, 2015, at 3:48 PM, Sergey Okhapkin <sos at sokhapkin.dyndns.org
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > Usually fork-less OSes provide spawn() family of syscalls to execute a
> new
> > process.
> >
> > On Sunday 18 January 2015 20:32:02 Abdul Hakeem wrote:
> >> Hello again,
> >> The reason I ask is because I am trying to port FS to OSv.
> >> Unfortunately,  Fork ( )  is unsupported in OSv.
> >> Regards,
> >> Abdul Hakeem
> >>
> >> From: freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org <javascript:;>
> >> [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org <javascript:;>]
> On Behalf Of Moises
> >> Silva Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 5:11 PM
> >> To: FreeSWITCH Users Help
> >> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Fork( ) and Exec ( ) functions
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Abdul Hakeem <alhakeem at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I understand FS makes system calls for sending mails, voicemail and fax.
> >> Can anyone guide me on how to mitigate the load of fork ( ) and exec( )
> on
> >> system calls & also,  a list of functions which require FS to make
> system
> >> calls ?
> >>
> >> Not making much sense here. Everything in FS relies heavily on system
> calls
> >> as it's a multi-threaded-I/O-driven system for the most part. I think
> >> you're asking the wrong question.
>
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