QProcess/Darwin: disable use of vfork() on this OS

The CI is failing running all the startDetached() tests, despite this passing on my machine (both macOS 12 and 13). We don't know why it's happening, so we just disable use of vfork(). This doesn't affect the regular startProcess() because forkfd() requires full fork() in OSes without pidfd or pdfork, but it does prevent changing startDetached() behavior, starting with the next commit. Change-Id: Ib5ce7a497e034ebabb2cfffd1761d91c456f20e0 Reviewed-by: Tor Arne Vestbø <[email protected]>
leadtobetter · May 24, 2023 · 815bb2a · 815bb2a
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diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qprocess_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qprocess_unix.cpp
@@ -463,6 +463,11 @@ static int useForkFlags(const QProcessPrivate::UnixExtras *unixExtras)
     // QTBUG-86285)
     return FFD_USE_FORK;
 #endif
+#if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)
+    // Using vfork() for startDetached() is causing problems. We don't know
+    // why: without the tools to investigate why it happens, we didn't bother.
+    return FFD_USE_FORK;
+#endif
 
     if (!unixExtras || !unixExtras->childProcessModifier)
         return 0;           // no modifier was supplied