Re: [RFC][v8][PATCH 0/10] Implement clone3() system call

From: Eric W. Biederman
Date: Fri Oct 23 2009 - 19:12:41 EST


Oren Laadan <orenl@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:


> I stand corrected by Suka: a pid-specific clone does not change
> last_pid. Therefore, given that 'restart' only creates tasks with
> pid-specific clone, this should be safe for c/r.

Exactly. We can preserve the existing guarantees and keep the ability
to restore any pid (at least in a fresh pid namespace).

Eric
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