fork()与vfor()的区别

fork()与vfork()函数都能创建一个新的进程，区别在于fork()创建的新进程完全复制了父进程的资源(包含变量)，可以成为一个独立的进程;vfork()创建的进程不复制父进程的资源，它与父进程共享资源。下面是代码示例：

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int globVar=5;
int main()
{
 pid_t pid;
 int var=1;
 int i;
 pid=fork();  //显示的结果

//pid=vfork();
 switch (pid)
 {
 case 0:
 i=3;
 while (i-->0)
 {
 printf("child process is running\n");
 globVar++;
 var++;
 sleep(1);
 }
 printf("child's globVar=%d,var=%d\n",globVar,var);
 break;
 case -1:
 perror("process creation failed\n");
 exit(0);
 default:
i=5;
while (i-->0)
{
printf("parent process is running!\n");
globVar++;
var++;
sleep(1);
}
printf("parent's glovVar=%d,var=%d\n",globVar,var);
exit(0);
 }
}

运行的结果：

当 pid=fork()时，child process is running

                           parent process is running

                           child process is running

                           parent process is running

   child process is running

                           parent process is running

                         child's globVar=8,var=4

                         parent process is running

                         parent process is running

                         parent's glovVar=10,var=6

当注释掉pid=fork()，取消程序中的注释行时，即使用vfork创建子进程,运行结果如下：

                          child process is running

                          child process is running

                           child process is running

                           child's globVar=8,var=4

     parent process is running

                           parent process is running

                           parent process is running

   parent process is running

                           parent process is running

                            parent's glovVar=13,var=3