fork() also presents performance issues for programs with a large virtual space. Here vfork() helps, but it has even more pitfalls than fork(). I had written a

fork() also presents performance issues for programs with a large virtual space. Here vfork() helps, but it has even more pitfalls than fork(). I had written a small doc about converting the recollindex Recoll indexer from fork() to vfork() a while ago: https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/pages/idxthreads/forkingRecoll.html https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/pages/idxthreads/forki...