linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] pids: Make it possible to clone tasks with given pids

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Date:	Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:04:07 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	James Bottomley <jbottomley@...allels.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] pids: Make it possible to clone tasks with given
	pids

On 11/17, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> Ok. Patches 1-2 look sane on their own. I think we can merge them
> regardless in the next cycle if Oleg & co agree. Oleg?

I am not sure 1/3 really makes sense without 3/3... although it
cleanups the "goto out" logic in alloc_pid().

Anyway I agree, the patches look fine.

> Patch 3 obviously is generating discussion and actually introduces new
> functionality, so this one is the contentious one..
>
>                   Linus
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com> wrote:
> >
> > When restoring a task (or a set of tasks) we need to recreate them
> > with exactly the same pid(s) as they had before.  [...]

Yes.

Just in case, I believe technically 3/3 is correct too, modulo the
small problem with the unchecked access to ->pidmap[] (unless I missed
something again).

I am not sure about pid_max... probably we do not care in this case?

Oleg.

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