norma_task_clone

Function - Create a remote task that shares access to parent task's memory regardless of inheritance attributes.

SYNOPSIS

kern_return_t   norma_task_clone
                (task_t                             parent_task,
                 boolean_t                       inherit_memory,
                 int                                 child_node,
                 task_t                              child_task);

PARAMETERS

parent_task

[in task send right] The port for the task from which to draw the child task's port rights, resource limits, and address space.

inherit_memory

[in scalar] Address space inheritance indicator. If true, the child task inherits the address space of the parent task. If false, the kernel assigns the child task an empty address space.

child_node

[in scalar] The node index of the node on which to create the child.

child_task

[out task send right] The kernel-assigned port name for the new task.

DESCRIPTION

The norma_task_clone function "clones" a new task from parent_task on the specified node and returns the name of the new task in child_task. The child task acquires shared parts of the parent's address space (see vm_inherit) regardless of the inheritance set for the parent's memory regions, although the inheritance for the child's regions will be set to that of the parent's regions. The child task initially contains no threads.

By way of comparison, tasks created by the standard task_create primitive are created on the same node as the parent.

Other than being created on a different node, the new task has the same properties as if created by task_create.

NOTES

This call differs from norma_task_create in that the inheritance set for the parent's memory regions is ignored; the child always shares memory with the parent.

This call is intended to support process migration, where the inheritance semantics of norma_task_create would break migrated programs that depended upon sharing relationships remaining after migration.

This call is not a true task migration call, in that it does not migrate the port space, threads, and other non-address-space attributes of the task.

RETURN VALUES

Only generic errors apply.

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: task_create, norma_task_create.