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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.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "src/core/lib/support/fork.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
+#include <grpc/support/useful.h>
+
+#include "src/core/lib/support/env.h"
+
+/*
+ * NOTE: FORKING IS NOT GENERALLY SUPPORTED, THIS IS ONLY INTENDED TO WORK
+ *       AROUND VERY SPECIFIC USE CASES.
+ */
+
+static int override_fork_support_enabled = -1;
+static int fork_support_enabled;
+
+void grpc_fork_support_init() {
+#ifdef GRPC_ENABLE_FORK_SUPPORT
+  fork_support_enabled = 1;
+#else
+  fork_support_enabled = 0;
+  char *env = gpr_getenv("GRPC_ENABLE_FORK_SUPPORT");
+  if (env != NULL) {
+    static const char *truthy[] = {"yes",  "Yes",  "YES", "true",
+                                   "True", "TRUE", "1"};
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(truthy); i++) {
+      if (0 == strcmp(env, truthy[i])) {
+        fork_support_enabled = 1;
+      }
+    }
+    gpr_free(env);
+  }
+#endif
+  if (override_fork_support_enabled != -1) {
+    fork_support_enabled = override_fork_support_enabled;
+  }
+}
+
+int grpc_fork_support_enabled() { return fork_support_enabled; }
+
+void grpc_enable_fork_support(int enable) {
+  override_fork_support_enabled = enable;
+}