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Re: CLONE_IO

Hi!

On 10:50 Thu 09 Oct     , Peter Teoh wrote:
> What is CLONE_IO used for?   What is the definition / meaning of I/O
> context sharing between parent and child?
> 
> In fact, from header file:
> 
> #define CLONE_FS        0x00000200      /* set if fs info shared
> between processes */
> #define CLONE_FILES     0x00000400      /* set if open files shared
> between processes */
> #define CLONE_IO                0x80000000      /* Clone io context */
> 
> These three looked seemingly the same/related.....differences among them?

You can find documentation of the first 2 in "man clone". The last one is
pretty new (2.6.25). I have found:
http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/95/477734.html
	-Michi
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programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks
see http://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com


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