Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Oct 1997 18:12:25 -0700 | From | Richard Henderson <> | Subject | Re: patch for CLONE_PID enhancements to clone |
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On Tue, Oct 07, 1997 at 01:14:29PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > Use tid's in the same number space as pid's. That way you can extend > > > the existing syscalls in a very clean fashion. > > > > Please keep them seperate as you seem to intend to. The upper bits of pid > > space are needed for future bigger machines and cluster node ids. Using them > > for a tid stops the growth of pid space being sensible. > > I didn't say you should use the upper bits -- rather I said put them > in the same number space.
It also solves the problem of what pid to assign when a thread execs.
r~
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