From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1C6wET-0007zY-K4 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:11:21 -0700 Received: from smtp003.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.11.34]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C6wES-0000uy-Pe for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:11:21 -0700 From: BlaisorBlade Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH] nptl/sys_clone fix for i386/ppc References: <20040826020626.GA28471@malice.crymeariver.org> <200409121752.07398.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> <20040913031014.GA13184@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <20040913031014.GA13184@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200409132050.08856.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:50:08 +0200 To: Jeff Dike Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, David Jeffery , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Monday 13 September 2004 05:10, Jeff Dike wrote: > On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 05:52:44PM +0200, BlaisorBlade wrote: > > It worked no worse than current version (which is broken). In fact the > > 2.4 clone had 2 arguments. So it's obvious. > > In fact, it worked better. It worked on a modern Debian filesystem, where > my old code didn't. Oh, well, your version gets the fifth arg right, indeed. > > However, this is non-standard. I've added just a comment for now, since > > you may have reason to keep the current code, but such behaviour calls > > for breakage when things change. > Yeah, I not sure why I did things the way I did. That's very old code, and > there may have been some good reason for it which has since disappeared. > Offhand, it looks like doing things in the standard way will clean up > copy_thread a bit. I agree completely. -- Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade Linux registered user n. 292729 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel