linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] clone3 fixes

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:30:17 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] clone3 fixes

On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 10:07:13PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 9:22 PM Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io> wrote:
> >
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > Here are two small fixes/improvements for the clone3 syscall that I plan
> > on sending soon.
> >
> > The first patches reserves the clone3 syscalls number 435 across all
> > architectures by placing a commit in the corresponding syscall tables of
> > architectures that do not yet implement clone3. This is done to preserve
> > the identical numbering for all new syscalls that Arnd introduced.
> >
> > The second patch dates back to a discussion with Arnd when I suggested
> > reserving the syscall number. Arnd suggested to ensure that we catch all
> > arches that do implement clone3 without explicitly setting
> > __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE3.
> 
> Both patches
> 
> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Thanks! Moved into my fixes tree.

Christian