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

From: David Mosberger (davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 15:19:13 EST


>>>>> On 13 Aug 2002 12:52:11 -0700, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> said:

>> The clone() system call cannot be used by portable applications
>> *AT ALL*, since it inherently needs a user-space assembly
>> wrapper. It's just a matter of how you define the interface to
>> the assembly wrapper.

The function call issue is a separate question though. If you want to
argue that the libc clone() wrapper is broken, fine by me. (BTW:
wasn't that you who complained about platform-specific Linux syscalls
recently? ;-)

        --david
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