From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] extend clone_flags using parent_tidptr argument Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:38:10 -0800 Message-ID: <20080204133810.0077ec0d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <47A74AED.1080806@free.fr> <20080204202416.GA26422@sergelap.austin.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080204202416.GA26422@sergelap.austin.ibm.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: "Serge E. Hallyn" Cc: legoater@free.fr, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, containers@lists.osdl.org, xemul@openvz.org List-Id: containers.vger.kernel.org On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:24:16 -0600 "Serge E. Hallyn" wrote: > Quoting Cedric Le Goater (legoater@free.fr): > > From: Cedric Le Goater > > > > 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