From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>
Cc: Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] clone3 for v5.3
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:24:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wg0jcyTO+iXgP-CpNwvJ4mTCcg3ts8dLj3R5nbbonkpyQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190708150042.11590-1-christian@brauner.io>
On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 8:05 AM Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io> wrote:
>
> /* Syscall number 435 */
> clone3() uses syscall number 435 and is coordinated with pidfd_open() which
> uses syscall number 434. I'm not aware of any other syscall targeted for
> 5.3 that has chosen the same number.
You say that, and 434/435 would make sense, but that's not what the
code I see in the pull request actually does.
It seems to use syscall 436.
I think it's because openat2() is looking to use 435, but I'm a bit
nervous about the conflict between the code and your commentary..
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-11 5:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-08 15:00 [GIT PULL] clone3 for v5.3 Christian Brauner
2019-07-11 5:24 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2019-07-11 5:34 ` Christian Brauner
2019-07-11 13:45 ` Christian Brauner
2019-07-11 17:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-07-11 18:35 ` pr-tracker-bot
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