From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932088AbWAQPc5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:32:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751285AbWAQPc5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:32:57 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:26292 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751280AbWAQPc4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:32:56 -0500 Subject: Re: RFC [patch 13/34] PID Virtualization Define new task_pid api From: Arjan van de Ven To: Serge Hallyn Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Hubertus Franke , Cedric Le Goater , Dave Hansen In-Reply-To: <20060117143326.283450000@sergelap> References: <20060117143258.150807000@sergelap> <20060117143326.283450000@sergelap> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:32:51 +0100 Message-Id: <1137511972.3005.33.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 08:33 -0600, Serge Hallyn wrote: > plain text document attachment (BC-define-pid-handlers) > Actually define the task_pid() and task_tgid() functions. Also > replace pid with __pid so as to make sure any missed accessors are > caught. This question was asked a few times before without satisfactory answer: *WHY* this abstraction. There is *NO* point. Really. (And if the answer is "but we want to play tricks later", just make a current->realpid or whatever, but leave current->pid be the virtual pid. Your abstraction helps NOTHING there. Zero Nada Noppes).