Re: [RFC][v7][PATCH 8/9]: Define clone2() syscall

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:44:52 -0700
"H. Peter Anvin" [off-list ref] wrote:

On 09/29/2009 11:40 AM, Roland McGrath wrote:

quoted

Why add a new syscall at all instead of just using a new CLONE_*
flag to indicate that the argument layout is different?

What an absolutely atrociously bad idea.

We already have a syscall layer which is painful to thunk in places,
and this would make it much worse.

syscalls are cheap as well.
cheaper than decades of dealing with such multiplexer mess ;/


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