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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/kmi/orphanage.h | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/kmi/syscalls.h | 6 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/kmi/orphanage.h b/include/kmi/orphanage.h index 98756c2..0506af3 100644 --- a/include/kmi/orphanage.h +++ b/include/kmi/orphanage.h @@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ bool orphan(struct tcb *t); /** * Mark \p t orphaned. + * Once a thread has been orphaned, it can't 'truly' be adopted by anyone again, + * and the init process will generally just make sure all the thread's resources + * are freed in a controlled manner. + * + * I did think about maybe allowing threads to be reused, I guess to save a bit + * of build/teardown time but I don't think it's worth it for the extra + * complexity. * * @param t Thread to orphanize. */ diff --git a/include/kmi/syscalls.h b/include/kmi/syscalls.h index eece89e..b6cde34 100644 --- a/include/kmi/syscalls.h +++ b/include/kmi/syscalls.h @@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ enum sys_user { /** Thread has been orphaned. */ SYS_USER_ORPHANED, - /** Core has booted an init thread. Only used during booting, should be - * handled specially. */ - SYS_USER_BOOTED, + /** A new process has been spawned. Special case for init where each + * core starts with this, usually it is reserved for exec. */ + SYS_USER_SPAWNED, }; /** Which notifications have arrived. */ |