Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:26:03 +0200 | From | Cedric Le Goater <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -mm 0/7] execns syscall and user namespace |
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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 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.
I agree. execns() is a shortcut.
This service behaves like execve() if the flag argument is 0, so I guess we should keep the execve- prefix. However, we could be a bit more explicit on the nature of this service and call it execve_unshare().
thanks,
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