[lia64-kernel] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: clone and clone2

[Ulrich Drepper]

David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com> writes:

> You can still do:
> 
> 	clone(flags & ~CLONE_MAP_STACK, stack_base, stack_size);
> 
> Again, it would _seem_ like the kernel should reserve the stack area,
> but it wouldn't.

No, since the memory [stack_base,stack_base+stack_size) must already
be allocated by the process.  So in fact, the memory is reserved.

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