Re: [patch] exit_free(), 2.5.31-A0

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> I was actually surprised to see how much effort it takes on the glibc side
> to solve this (admittedly conceptually hard) problem without any kernel
> help - it's ugly and slow, and still not completely tight. By providing
> this 'exit and free stack' capability we can help tremendously.

Ingo, you're barking up the wrong tree.

I'm not against fixing it, but I'm very much against fixing it wrong.

I even told you how you can fix it right. You're arguing against the wrong 
thing here.

		Linus