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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] New system call, unshare
Alan Cox wrote:

>On Llu, 2005-08-08 at 09:33 -0400, Janak Desai wrote:
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>>[PATCH 1/2] unshare system call: System Call handler function sys_unshare
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>Given the complexity of the kernel code involved and the obscurity of
>the functionality why not just do another clone() in userspace to
>unshare the things you want to unshare and then _exit the parent ?
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suppose somebody wait()s for the parent? you've turned a synchronous
operation into an asynchronous one.
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