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Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:36:59 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, eranian@...il.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/2] fcntl: F_[SG]ETOWN_TID
On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 20:06 +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> As for F_XXXOWN/F_XXXWOWN_TID interaction. Another option, perhaps, is add
> F_{SET,GET}OWN_EX which accepts a use-visible
>
> struct f_setown_struct {
> int pid; // > 0
> int type; // enumerates PIDTYPE_PID, PIDTYPE_PGID, F_PIDTYPE_THREAD
> }
>
> pointer via arg. Instead of F_XXXOWN_TID + int who.
>
> This way at least the users of new api can't be confused.
This would expose PIDTYPE* to userspace, and also fixes the value of
F_PIDTYPE_THREAD.
I'm not sure we want to go there (unless of course, PIDTYPE_* is already
exposed somewhere).
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