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SubjectRe: [RFC] [PATCH 00/13] Introduce task_pid api
FromArjan van de Ven <>
DateWed, 07 Dec 2005 18:55:27 +0100
> > Many of the interesting places that deal with pids and where you
> > want translation are not where the values are read from current->pid,
> > but where the values are passed between functions.  Think about
> > the return value of do_fork.> > Exactly.  The next phase will focus on such places.  Hubertus has some
> stuff working that's probably not ready for LKML, but could certainly be
> shared.> 
hmm wonder if it's not just a lot simpler to introduce a split in
"kernel pid" and "userspace pid", and have current->pid and
current->user_pid for that.

Using accessor macros doesn't sound like it gains much here.. (but then
I've not seen the full picture and you have)

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