Re: [PATCH] revert zap_other_threads breakage, disallow CLONE_THREAD without CLONE_DETACHED

[Jamie Lokier]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I'd really prefer not to keep a bit around that has to mean the same thing 
> as another bit - that way just lies madness. So I'll document 
> CLONE_DETACHED as being a no-op, and change the _one_ place that used it 
> to just use CLONE_THREAD instead.

Don't forget to mention that software that may be run on 2.5 kernels
needs to set both bits, else won't work as expected.

-- Jamie
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