Re: [patch] clone_startup(), 2.5.31-A0

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On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 05:09:03PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> the attached patch implements a new syscall on x86, clone_startup().
> The parameters are:
>
> clone_startup(fn, child_stack, flags, tls_desc, pid_addr)

First the name souns horrible. What about spawn_thread or create_thread
instead? it's not our good old clone and not a lookalike, it's some
pthreadish monster..

> with the help of this syscall glibc's next-generation pthreads code

have you discussed this code with IBM's pthread group? I think we don't
want to add a new syscall that is only useful to glibc..

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