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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2017 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPC_IMPL_CODEGEN_FORK_H
+#define GRPC_IMPL_CODEGEN_FORK_H
+
+/**
+ * gRPC applications should call this before calling fork().  There should be no
+ * active gRPC function calls between calling grpc_prefork() and
+ * grpc_postfork_parent()/grpc_postfork_child().
+ *
+ *
+ * Typical use:
+ * grpc_prefork();
+ * int pid = fork();
+ * if (pid) {
+ *  grpc_postfork_parent();
+ *  // Parent process..
+ * } else {
+ *  grpc_postfork_child();
+ *  // Child process...
+ * }
+ */
+
+void grpc_prefork();
+
+void grpc_postfork_parent();
+
+void grpc_postfork_child();
+
+void grpc_fork_handlers_auto_register();
+
+#endif /* GRPC_IMPL_CODEGEN_FORK_H */