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JdeBP 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Moving beyond fork() + exec()

You may be mixing up fork and exec. Library data state isn't retained over execve(), and O_CLOEXEC does not take effect at fork().

anarazel 3 months ago [–]

Indeed. Not enough coffee, apparently.

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