On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Joel Fernandes <agnel.joel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The CLONE_KERNEL flag is defined as: > #define CLONE_KERNEL (CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | CLONE_SIGHAND) > > So as I understand it, when the CLONE_KERNEL flag is passed at the > time of creating a kernel thread, the copy_process function copies the > file descriptors and signal handlers from the currently running > usermode process (denoted by the current macro) if that was running at > the time the kernel thread was created? My understanding is: yes, that is correct, assuming the kernel thread creation function is running on behalf of user mode process currently entering a kernel mode. If it is a kernel thread creating another kernel thread, I guess it will inherit the parent thread's -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
