linux-kernel - Re: [Fwd: [-mm] Add an owner to the mm

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Message-ID: <48079FDD.10902@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:37:09 +0530
From:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
CC:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, serue@...ibm.com,
	penberg@...helsinki.fi, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [-mm] Add an owner to the mm_struct (v9)]

Paul Menage wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Balbir Singh
> <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>>  >
>>  > Please look at copy_process, CLONE_THREAD requires CLONE_SIGHAND,
>>  > CLONE_SIGHAND needs CLONE_VM.
>>  >
>>
>>  What about the other way round, CLONE_VM without CLONE_THREAD?
>>
> 
> That's just a standard LinuxThreads clone() call. The patch handles
> that just fine.
> 
> Paul

Paul, it does. I was just telling Oleg about why we need the loop.

-- 
	Warm Regards,
	Balbir Singh
	Linux Technology Center
	IBM, ISTL
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