Re: [PATCH -mm 0/7] execns syscall and user namespace

[H. Peter Anvin]

Cedric Le Goater wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> > I would like give a strong objection to the naming.  The -ve() suffix in
> > execve() isn't jettisonable; it indicates its position within a family
> > of functions (only one of which is a true system call.)
> >
> > execven() would be better name (the -n argument coming after then -e
> > argument).  The library could then provide execlen(), execlpn() etc as
> > appropriate.
>
> I agree. execns() is a shortcut.
>
> This service behaves like execve() if the flag argument is 0, so I guess we
> should keep the execve- prefix. However, we could be a bit more explicit on
> the nature of this service and call it execve_unshare().

How about execveu()?  -n looked a bit weird to me, mostly because the 
"le" form would be execlen() which looks like something completely 
different...

	-hpa
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