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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] New system call, unshare
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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On Llu, 2005-08-08 at 09:33 -0400, Janak Desai wrote:
> 
> [PATCH 1/2] unshare system call: System Call handler function sys_unshare


Given the complexity of the kernel code involved and the obscurity of
the functionality why not just do another clone() in userspace to
unshare the things you want to unshare and then _exit the parent ?