Re: [PATCH v21 011/100] eclone (11/11): Document sys_eclone

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 06/09/2010 11:14 AM, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> | 
> | Even for x86, it's an easier API. Callers would be specifying
> | two numbers they already have: the argument and return value
> | for malloc. Currently the numbers must be added together,
> | destroying information, except on hppa (must not add size)
> | and ia64 (must use what I'm proposing already).
> 
> I agree its easier and would avoid #ifdefs in the applications.
> 
> Peter, Arnd, Roland - do you have any concerns with requiring all
> architectures to specify the stack to eclone() as [base, offset]
> 

Makes sense to me.  There might be advantages to be able to track the
size of the "stack allocation" even for other architectures, too.

	-hpa
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