From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: dean gaudet <dean@arctic.org>, Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>,
Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>,
Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>,
Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Subject: Re: [patch 7/8] fdmap v2 - implement sys_socket2
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:46:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070610054628.GF21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0706092159110.20321@woody.linux-foundation.org>
On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 10:06:27PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Why the hell doesn't that thing just do an "fstat()" on the thing, and
> compare the inode number? Not that I would guarantee that it works either
> for a socket, but it would seem to make more sense than what it apparently
> does now, and I think it should work at least on Linux.
It works on Linux, all right.
> (Ie linux will give fake "st_ino" numbers to sockets. Whether anybody else
> will do that, I have no friggin clue. And you probably shouldn't depend on
> it even under Linux, but damn, despite all of those issues, it's likely
> better and more logical than what libnss-ldap apparently does now ;)
On FreeBSD it will simply give you zero st_ino on almost all sockets;
AF_UNIX ones get st_ino invented (and stable). st_dev is NODEV in all
cases...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-10 5:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 129+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-06-06 22:30 [patch 7/8] fdmap v2 - implement sys_socket2 Davide Libenzi
2007-06-06 22:44 ` David Miller
2007-06-06 22:52 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-06 22:57 ` David Miller
2007-06-06 22:57 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-06 23:02 ` David Miller
2007-06-06 22:59 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-06 22:58 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-06 23:04 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-06 23:08 ` David Miller
2007-06-06 23:19 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-06 23:22 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-07 10:04 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-07 11:59 ` Kyle Moffett
2007-06-07 13:12 ` Eric Dumazet
2007-06-07 15:51 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-07 19:49 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-07 20:02 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-07 20:05 ` Eric Dumazet
2007-06-07 20:18 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-07 21:44 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-07 22:03 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-07 22:40 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-08 12:07 ` Theodore Tso
2007-06-08 13:01 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-08 18:11 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-08 18:26 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-08 18:43 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-08 18:46 ` Al Viro
2007-06-08 18:56 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-08 19:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-08 19:21 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-09 0:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-09 0:13 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-09 0:36 ` Al Viro
2007-06-09 1:19 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-09 1:41 ` Al Viro
2007-06-09 2:10 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-09 15:15 ` Al Viro
2007-06-09 16:26 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-09 16:54 ` Al Viro
2007-06-09 17:04 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-09 17:08 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-09 17:08 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-09 17:24 ` Al Viro
2007-06-09 19:27 ` Kyle Moffett
2007-06-09 20:06 ` Al Viro
2007-06-09 20:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-09 20:31 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-09 21:41 ` Matt Mackall
2007-06-09 22:12 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-09 20:49 ` Al Viro
2007-06-09 21:55 ` Matt Mackall
2007-06-09 23:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-10 3:35 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-10 3:49 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-10 3:19 ` Al Viro
2007-06-10 3:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-10 4:00 ` Al Viro
2007-06-10 4:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-10 4:06 ` Al Viro
2007-06-10 4:45 ` dean gaudet
2007-06-10 5:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-10 5:46 ` Al Viro [this message]
2007-06-10 17:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-10 6:35 ` Kari Hurtta
2007-06-10 15:21 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-10 9:14 ` Eric Dumazet
2007-06-10 15:16 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-10 18:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-10 2:40 ` Al Viro
2007-06-08 19:34 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-08 19:30 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-08 19:37 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-08 19:48 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-08 19:51 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-08 21:24 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-08 21:59 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-08 22:28 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-08 22:38 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-11 8:24 ` Xavier Bestel
2007-06-08 19:22 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-09 5:41 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-06-09 14:38 ` Kyle Moffett
2007-06-10 6:48 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-06-10 15:56 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-10 19:16 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-09 17:00 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-10 6:26 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-06-10 7:10 ` William Lee Irwin III
2007-06-10 15:52 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-08 18:07 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-08 18:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-07 21:57 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-08 4:38 ` Eric Dumazet
2007-06-08 5:20 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-07 14:25 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-07 17:56 ` Eric Dumazet
2007-06-07 18:03 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-07 18:57 ` Eric Dumazet
2007-06-07 18:26 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-07 18:39 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-07 18:56 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-07 19:12 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-07 20:03 ` Andrew Morton
2007-06-08 2:55 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-08 5:16 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-06 23:29 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-07 10:06 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-07 10:45 ` Eric Dumazet
2007-06-07 11:27 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-07 15:41 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-07 20:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-07 20:47 ` Eric Dumazet
2007-06-07 21:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-07 21:41 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-07 20:59 ` Guillaume Chazarain
2007-06-07 21:06 ` Guillaume Chazarain
2007-06-07 21:31 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-06-07 22:22 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-07 23:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-08 0:04 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-08 0:59 ` Matt Mackall
2007-06-08 2:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-06-08 15:56 ` Jeff Dike
2007-06-07 0:29 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-06-07 0:33 ` Davide Libenzi
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-06-06 22:30 [patch 1/8] fdmap v2 - fdmap core Davide Libenzi
2007-06-07 6:54 ` Eric Dumazet
2007-06-07 7:10 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-06-07 10:39 ` [patch 7/8] fdmap v2 - implement sys_socket2 Eric Dumazet
2007-06-07 15:42 ` Davide Libenzi
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