Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Aug 2002 08:36:41 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [patch] exit_free(), 2.5.31-A0 |
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On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > the attached patch implements a new syscall, exit_free(): > > exit_free(error_code, addr, val); > > this syscall is used as a performance optimization in glibc's threading > library.
This looks like a total glibc braindamage hack.
It may be small, but it's crap, unless you can explain to me why glibc cannot just cannot just catch the death signal in the master thread and be done with it (and do all maintenance in the master).
Too ugly to live.
Linus
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