--On Monday, August 20, 2001 19:09:16 +0000 Miquel van Smoorenburg
<miquels@cistron-office.nl> wrote:
> Hmm, I've always been a bit curious about this .. I don't think getpid()
> should return tgid instead of pid. It looks broken to me. Thread groups
> are a good idea, but they should act more like process groups do.
> Switching pid and tgid is something that the LinuxThreads library
> should probably do, but not the kernel. IMHO.
>
> If one really wants CLONE_PID to work, fix CLONE_PID.
I wasn't on the list when getpid() was changed to return tgid. I don't
have a strong feeling about it, though it does make pthread semantics
simpler.
CLONE_PID really isn't the semantic we want, though. That would make all
tasks in the process have the same pid, and no way to address a specific
task. We'd have to introduce something like a task id or a thread id.
Having tgid and pid gives us the tools we need, and minimizes the
compatibility issues.
Dave McCracken
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