Re: [RFC][v8][PATCH 9/10]: Define clone3() syscall

[Matt Helsley]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:06:31AM -0700, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> Michael Kerrisk [mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> | Hi Sukadev
> | 
> | On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:20 AM, Sukadev Bhattiprolu
> | <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> | > Here is an updated patch with the following interface:
> | >
> | >        long sys_clone3(unsigned int flags_low, struct clone_args __user *cs,
> | >                        pid_t *pids);
> | >
> | > There are just two other (minor) changes pending to this patchset:
> | >
> | >        - PATCH 7: add a CLONE_UNUSED bit to VALID_CLONE_FLAGS().
> | >        - PATCH 10: update documentation to reflect new interface.
> | >
> | > If this looks ok, we repost entire patchset next week.
> | 
> | I know I'm late to this discussion, but why the name clone3()? It's
> | not consistent with any other convention used fo syscall naming,
> | AFAICS. I think a name like clone_ext() or clonex() (for extended)
> | might make more sense.
> 
> Sure, we talked about calling it clone_extended() and I can go back
> to that.
> 
> Only minor concern with that name was if this new call ever needs to
> be extended, what would we call it :-). With clone3() we could add a
> real/fake parameter and call it clone4() :-p

Perhaps clone64 (somewhat like stat64 for example)?

Cheers,
	-Matt Helsley
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