Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: prctl patch for fpu faults

Khalid Aziz
2001-10-10T22:53:26Z

That sounds interesting. You could use it on init task as David
suggested and set the behavior for all tasks. But how would you
implement it form a user space tool like "prctl". sys_prctl() operates
on the current task only. Are you planning to add another system call?

--
Khalid

Jesse Barnes wrote:
>
> I was thinking of hacking up the 'prctl' tool to take a PID as an
> argument, that way it could set the flags for any task. It would allow
> an initscript to set init's flags, among other things. Would such a
> change qualify as a cleaner solution?
>
> Jesse
>

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