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

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Message-ID: <4AD511F1.7010207@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:49:05 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Oren Laadan <orenl@...columbia.edu>,
	serue@...ibm.com, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	mikew@...gle.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...tin.ibm.com>, arnd@...db.de,
	peterz@...radead.org, Louis.Rilling@...labs.com, roland@...hat.com,
	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, randy.dunlap@...cle.com,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	sukadev@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][v8][PATCH 0/10] Implement clone3() system call

On 10/12/2009 09:49 PM, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> 
> This patchset implements a new system call, clone3() that lets a process
> specify the pids of the child process.
> 

A system call named clone3() taking two parameters is just too weird to
live.  No, please.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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