Re: THREAD_GROUP and linux thread

[Jamie Lokier]

Hua Zhong wrote:
> but I am just wondering if I could just change the kernel to treat
> CLONE_VM the same way as CLONE_THREAD which is a much simpler change.

No.  There are a good many programs which use CLONE_VM without
CLONE_THREAD, and I'm sure they will be surprised to find signals
suddenly being shared, which is implied by CLONE_THREAD.

> 2. Which version of pthread uses the CLONE_THREAD flag?

NPTL.

Enjoy,
-- Jamie
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