Re: [patch -mm 2/4] mqueue namespace : add unshare support

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Nov 29 2007 - 05:53:10 EST


On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:28:28 +0100 Cedric Le Goater <clg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> Index: 2.6.24-rc3-mm2/include/linux/sched.h
> >> ===================================================================
> >> --- 2.6.24-rc3-mm2.orig/include/linux/sched.h
> >> +++ 2.6.24-rc3-mm2/include/linux/sched.h
> >> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
> >> #define CLONE_NEWUSER 0x10000000 /* New user namespace */
> >> #define CLONE_NEWPID 0x20000000 /* New pid namespace */
> >> #define CLONE_NEWNET 0x40000000 /* New network namespace */
> >> +#define CLONE_NEWMQ 0x80000000 /* New posix mqueue namespace */
> >
> > That's it :) We've run out of clone flags on 32-bit platforms :(
>
> yes.
>
> I have been giving some thoughts to a clone2() to extend the flags

There appears to be little alternative.

> but
> andrew is preparing to recycle CLONE_DETACHED and CLONE_STOPPED for
> 2.6.26. Some we might have some more time in front of us.

CLONE_DETACHED proved to be in use. There are no reports of anyone using
CLONE_STOPPED though.

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