Re: RFC [patch 13/34] PID Virtualization Define new task_pid api

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 08:33 -0600, Serge Hallyn wrote:
> plain text document attachment (BC-define-pid-handlers)
> Actually define the task_pid() and task_tgid() functions.  Also
> replace pid with __pid so as to make sure any missed accessors are
> caught.

This question was asked a few times before without satisfactory answer:
*WHY* this abstraction.
There is *NO* point. Really. 

(And if the answer is "but we want to play tricks later", just make a
current->realpid or whatever, but leave current->pid be the virtual pid.
Your abstraction helps NOTHING there. Zero Nada Noppes).


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