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SubjectRe: [RFC][v7][PATCH 8/9]: Define clone2() syscall
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On Wednesday 30 September 2009, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Let's just make it another system call. It doesn't have any downside
> that I can see, might prevent problems, and avoids setting a bad
> precedent that someone can misinterpret.

One more argument for this is that the new code is architecture independent
using user_stack_pointer(), while the original sys_clone is highly
architecture specific, which is a source for bugs when trying to
extend it.

Arnd <><


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