linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][v8][PATCH 0/10] Implement clone3() system call

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Date:	Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:07:48 -0500
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
To:	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, randy.dunlap@...cle.com,
	arnd@...db.de, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...tin.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Louis.Rilling@...labs.com,
	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>, roland@...hat.com,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][v8][PATCH 0/10] Implement clone3() system call

Quoting Sukadev Bhattiprolu (sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com):
> H. Peter Anvin [hpa@...or.com] wrote:
> | > 
> | > Except we can't use clone2() because it conflicts on ia64.  Care to propose
> | > a name you would prefer?
> 
> Yes, I am running out of ideas :-)
> 
> How about clone64_with_pids() ? - hope we don't need a 65th clone-flag :p

Well, maybe accept that adding more flags will still require a new syscall,
and call this clone_with_pids(), and only take a single 32-bit flags field?

Or, go back to clone_extended().

-serge
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