fork() doesn't forks a new process.

[Carles Xavier Munyoz =?utf-8?q?Bald=C3=B3?= <carles at descom dot es>]

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Hi,
I'm using the 3.2 version of the gcc compiler in a RedHat 8.0 Linux box with 
the kernel 2.4.18-19.8.0.

I'm programming a concurrent TCP server daemon that forks a child process to 
service every connection it receives.

For this I use the fork() system call to create such child process, but I have 
observed that when I run the daemon and make a TCP connection over its TCP 
port, there is no new process in the system. Instead of the process a new 
thread is created.
Moreover, I have observed that when the daemon sends bytes to the client, the 
threat becomes a process.

Is this behavior normal ?
Who causes this behavior, the gcc code generated by the GCC or the linux 
Kernel 24.18 ?

Is it possible to advoid this behavior (with a gcc option, or modifying one of 
the /proc kernel parameters) ?
 
Greetings.
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