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SubjectRe: patch for CLONE_PID enhancements to clone
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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