linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/32] do_fork(): Rename 'stack

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Date:	Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:30:31 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Alex Dowad <alexinbeijing@...il.com>
Cc:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/32] do_fork(): Rename 'stack_size' argument to reflect
 actual use

On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Alex Dowad <alexinbeijing@...il.com> wrote:
> I've just been searching for history on sys_clone2() but have come up empty.
> "git blame" isn't helping, either... the current code dates back before the
> start of the git history.

There are several trees containing more history (e.g. from bitkeeper).
Search for "full history linux git".

Anyway, it doesn't help much in this case. sys_clone2() was introduced in

commit 0830ad57cf52da22dbb933945fd1bda6b320e0ee
Author: linus1 <torvalds@...uxfoundation.org>
Date:   Thu Jul 13 11:00:00 2000 -0600

    Import 2.4.0-test5pre2

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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