Re: patch for CLONE_PID enhancements to clone
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Tue, 7 Oct 1997 13:14:29 -0700 (PDT)
> > Use tid's in the same number space as pid's. That way you can extend
> > the existing syscalls in a very clean fashion.
>
> Please keep them seperate as you seem to intend to. The upper bits of pid
> space are needed for future bigger machines and cluster node ids. Using them
> for a tid stops the growth of pid space being sensible.
I didn't say you should use the upper bits -- rather I said put them
in the same number space. I don't see anything wrong with assigning
them out of the same pool of numbers; AFAIK nothing but the kernel
needs to distinguish between them.
-hpa