From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com>
Cc: legoater@free.fr, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
containers@lists.osdl.org, xemul@openvz.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] extend clone_flags using parent_tidptr argument
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:38:10 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080204133810.0077ec0d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080204202416.GA26422@sergelap.austin.ibm.com>
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:24:16 -0600
"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> Quoting Cedric Le Goater (legoater@free.fr):
> > From: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>
> >
> > We have at least 2 patchsets requiring each a new clone flag and there it
> > is, we've reached the limit, none are left.
> > This patch uses the CLONE_DETACHED flag (unused) as a marker to extend the
>
> Are we pretty sure that there is no legacy software out there which has
> continued to specify CLONE_DETACHED since the kernel ignores it?
Please see -mm's
clone-prepare-to-recycle-clone_detached-and-clone_stopped.patch
That patch has been cut back to only recycle CLONE_STOPPED because there
indeed was software out there which is setting CLONE_DETACHED.
See http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2007-11/msg04293.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-04 21:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-04 17:27 [PATCH 2/2] extend clone_flags using parent_tidptr argument Cedric Le Goater
2008-02-04 17:27 ` Cedric Le Goater
2008-02-04 20:24 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-02-04 21:38 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-02-05 8:20 ` Cedric Le Goater
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