Why is fork1() exported from hotspot?

[Christian Thalinger]

> On Oct 19, 2015, at 9:14 PM, Thomas Stüfe <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> on Linux we define and export "fork1()" - a stub for fork() - and "fork1"
> also appears in linker mapfiles for bsd and AIX. The latter, I am sure, is
> just a copy-paste-effect.
> 
> Why do we need to define and export fork1() for non-solaris platforms? We
> only ever use it on Solaris.
> 
> The comment in os_linux.cpp is not really enlightening:
> "// Something to do with the numa-aware allocator needs these symbols”

Can you see what changeset added this comment or was it before Mercurial?

> 
> Does anyone know why this is needed?
> 
> Regards, Thomas