Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:12:38 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -mm 0/7] execns syscall and user namespace |
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Cedric Le Goater wrote: > Hello ! > > The following patchset adds the user namespace and a new syscall execns. > > The user namespace will allow a process to unshare its user_struct table, > resetting at the same time its own user_struct and all the associated > accounting. > > The purpose of execns is to make sure that a process unsharing a namespace > is free from any reference in the previous namespace. the execve() semantic > seems to be the best candidate as it already flushes the previous process > context. > > Thanks for reviewing, sharing, flaming ! >
I would like give a strong objection to the naming. The -ve() suffix in execve() isn't jettisonable; it indicates its position within a family of functions (only one of which is a true system call.)
execven() would be better name (the -n argument coming after then -e argument). The library could then provide execlen(), execlpn() etc as appropriate.
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