Re: patch for CLONE_PID enhancements to clone()

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
7 Oct 1997 19:09:59 GMT

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>
> I have also added an 'int tid' field to task_struct for holding the
> thread id. This seemed much simpler than encoding the tid in the upper
> pid bits, and doesn't break any experimental code that is currently
> using those bits for other stuff. Within process_struct are also a few
> new fields that weren't in task_struct: last_tid, next_safe, count,
> and pslock.
>

Use tid's in the same number space as pid's. That way you can extend
the existing syscalls in a very clean fashion.

-hpa

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