Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:27:46 +0100 | | From | Alan Cox <> | | Subject | Re: [patch 7/8] fdmap v2 - implement sys_socket2 |
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> Alan, prctl() things are usually inherited at fork()/exec() time.
You want them inherited at fork time.
> If you fork() from a new application , then exec an old one > (eventually a statically linked program), we have a problem ?
Only if you decide not to reset the value. There are lots of things we do inherit and lots we don't.
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