lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2009]   [Oct]   [21]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    Date
    From
    SubjectRe: [RFC][v8][PATCH 10/10]: Document clone3() syscall
    On Wed 2009-10-21 10:37:38, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
    > >
    > > > +struct clone_struct {
    > > > + u64 flags;
    > > > + u64 child_stack;
    > >
    > > u64 seems wrong on 32 bit platforms. ulong?
    >
    > That would make it incompatible between 64 bit kernels and
    > 32 bit user space, requiring a wrapper. Better leave it at u64.

    Ok.

    > > > + If a pid in the @pids list is 0, the kernel will assign the next
    > > > + available pid in the pid namespace, for the process.
    > > > +
    > > > + If a pid in the @pids list is non-zero, the kernel tries to assign
    > > > + the specified pid in that namespace. If that pid is already in use
    > > > + by another process, the system call fails with -EBUSY.
    > > ...
    > > > + On failure, clone3() returns -1 and sets 'errno' to one of following
    > > > + values (the child process is not created).
    > >
    > > Inconsistent with above. Syscalls really return -ERRCODE, errno is
    > > glibc magic.
    >
    > Quite the opposite is true.

    Well, it is still inconsistent. Half the docs talks -ERRCODE, half
    talks -1/errno=ERRCODE.

    > > > + pid_t pids[] = { 77, 99 };
    > > > + struct clone_struct cs;
    > > > +
    > > > + cs.flags = (u64) SIGCHLD;
    > > > + cs.child_stack = (u64) setup_child_stack();
    > > > + cs.nr_pids = 2;
    > > > + cs.parent_tid = 0LL;
    > > > + cs.child_tid = 0LL;
    > > > +
    > > > + rc = syscall(__NR_clone3, &cs, pids);
    > >
    > > Hmm, is there reason why pids are not at the end of struct
    > > clone_struct? Passing most parameters in special structure, then pids
    > > separately is strange...
    >
    > I suggested doing that, it's a lot easier to handle fixed length data
    > structures than an array at the end.

    You could still put the something * pids at the end of (fixed length)
    structure.

    (Not that I agree with the argument, pid array is variable-length,
    anyway, and inlining it at the end of structure should not make code
    more complex).

    Pavel
    --
    (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
    (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html


    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2009-10-21 11:37    [W:4.267 / U:0.132 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site