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How many process will be created ??

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int main() 
{ 
    if(fork() && fork()) 
    { 
        fork(); 
    } 
    if(fork() || fork()) 
    { 
        fork(); 
    } 

    printf(“Hello world”); 
    return 0; 
} 
posted Nov 4, 2013 by Mona Sharma

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1 Answer

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If the first fork return 0 then second fork in the first "if" condition wont get executed.
So the number of processes will be depends on return value of fork call present in both "if" conditions.

answer Nov 4, 2013 by sivanraj
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+4 votes

Lets assume I have a system with RAM of 1GB. and virtual memory is 500MB. That brings to 1.5GB i.e. 1500 MBytes.

I have read somewhere that when I process is created stack of 8MB is associated to that process. So, assuming that any of the process is not allocating any dynamic memory or anything, then does it mean that, Maximum number of process that i can create is 1500/8 and i.e. 187 Process.

Please clarify my understanding,

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Is Context switching possible after pushing p1, p2 and before pushing p3 and p4 in stack ?

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