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

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 13:24:43 EST


On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> I was actually surprised to see how much effort it takes on the glibc side
> to solve this (admittedly conceptually hard) problem without any kernel
> help - it's ugly and slow, and still not completely tight. By providing
> this 'exit and free stack' capability we can help tremendously.

Ingo, you're barking up the wrong tree.

I'm not against fixing it, but I'm very much against fixing it wrong.

I even told you how you can fix it right. You're arguing against the wrong
thing here.

                Linus

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