Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 14 Apr 2001 12:06:41 -0300 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: PATCH(?): linux-2.4.4-pre2: fork should run child first |
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On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Adam J. Richter wrote: > > > > [...] > > >If it turns out to be beneficial to run the child first (you > > >can measure this), why not leave everything the same as it is > > >now but have do_fork() "switch threads" internally ? > > > > That is an elegant idea. > > I doubt it. It sounds like one of those "cool value" ideas that > are actually really stupid except they sound cool because you > have to think about the twists and turns.
You're right. Time to put a "don't try to think of cool ideas after going out at night" sign on the wall ;)
cheers,
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