From: Avi Kivity <avi@argo.co.il>
To: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
"David M. Lloyd" <dmlloyd@flurg.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/5] signalfd v2 - signalfd core ...
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:34:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45F06528.7040506@argo.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0703081113060.7515@alien.or.mcafeemobile.com>
Davide Libenzi wrote:
> So, to cut it short, I can do the pseudo-siginfo read(2), but I don't
> like it too much (little, actually). The siginfo, as bad as it is, is a
> standard used in many POSIX APIs (hence even in kernel), and IMO if we
> want to send that back, a struct siginfo should be.
>
You can send the data in the 32/64 neutral format, and have glibc
convert it to a siginfo, and everybody's happy.
--
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-08 19:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-08 1:21 [patch 2/5] signalfd v2 - signalfd core Davide Libenzi
2007-03-08 14:31 ` David M. Lloyd
2007-03-08 15:45 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-03-08 16:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-08 16:29 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-03-08 16:40 ` Michael K. Edwards
2007-03-08 17:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-08 20:53 ` Michael K. Edwards
2007-03-30 23:24 ` Denis Vlasenko
2007-03-08 17:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-08 19:21 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-03-08 19:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-08 19:33 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-03-08 20:48 ` Marko Macek
2007-03-08 21:03 ` Marko Macek
2007-03-09 20:22 ` Kent Overstreet
2007-03-08 19:34 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2007-03-08 19:40 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-03-08 23:57 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-03-09 0:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-09 21:33 ` Davide Libenzi
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-03-08 20:43 Oleg Nesterov
2007-03-08 21:12 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-03-08 21:56 ` Oleg Nesterov
2007-03-08 22:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-08 22:59 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-03-08 23:05 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-03-09 0:14 ` Oleg Nesterov
2007-03-09 1:16 ` Davide Libenzi
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