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failed to allocate the necessary kernel structures because memory is tight.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
-.SH EXAMPLE
-See
-.BR pipe (2)
-and
-.BR wait (2).
.SH NOTES
.PP
Under Linux,
@@ -189,6 +184,11 @@ Under Linux,
is implemented using copy-on-write pages, so the only penalty that it incurs
is the time and memory required to duplicate the parent's page tables,
and to create a unique task structure for the child.
+.SH EXAMPLE
+See
+.BR pipe (2)
+and
+.BR wait (2).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR clone (2),
.BR execve (2),