[PATCH] _exit.c, exit vs. exit_group
Carlos O'Donell
carlos@baldric.uwo.ca
Wed Dec 17 20:06:00 GMT 2003
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:53:00AM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
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> Carlos O'Donell wrote:
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> > Compiling with 2.6 headers, and booting into a 2.4 kernel without
> > exit_group should be allowed. Although ABORT_INSTRUCTION does end the
> > execution of the process, it's architecture dependant and not always a
> > pretty thing.
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> What are you talking about? The existing code already uses the exit
> syscall in case exit_group isn't available. All your patch does is
> create a mess out of plain, simple sources. If exit_group returns it is
> with ENOSYS, nothing else.
That's egg on my face. I misread the #ifdef/#endif.
My sincerest apologies, sorry for the noise.
c.
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