Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 07 Oct 1997 23:40:16 -0400 | From | Peeter Joot <> | Subject | Re: patch for CLONE_PID enhancements to clone |
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Richard Henderson wrote:
> 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.
Good point, I didn't think of what happens there.
Peeter
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