Re: proc fs and shared pids

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
1 Aug 1996 15:57:17 GMT

In article <199607310219.WAA06463@chaos.holmes.clemson.edu>,
Lex Spoon <sspoon@clemson.edu> wrote:
>
>And /proc is not the only problem! What about kill()? waitpid()?
>
>It's NICE to be able to identify a process by just knowing its pid;
>are there any real uses for two processes having the same pid?
>

I think the very purpose (if there is one) of CLONE_PID is to make the
various threads of a process act as a unit with regards to these
various calls. Or?

-hpa