From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] alternative to sys_indirect, part 1
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:45:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4810AB29.5030604@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080424160352.30f2dd5b@the-village.bc.nu>
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Alan Cox wrote:
> Kernel socket type values are assigned by the kernel team so that
> isn't a problem.
Again, it's not about assigned values. It about those not yet assigned.
> POSIX has no interface for this new behaviour you propose so that is
> complete crap. The moment you use one of these features you stepped
> outside of the POSIX spec - and you know that. If there was an existing
> standard we wouldn't have a problem.
Oh really? You open a server socket, use fcntl(FD_CLOEXEC), and then
accept(). This is identical to the new behavior and it is very well
defined in POSIX. Hence, code which uses fcntl() this way today will
see a change with your proposal.
- --
➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-24 15:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-24 4:03 [PATCH] alternative to sys_indirect, part 1 Ulrich Drepper
2008-04-24 10:25 ` Alan Cox
2008-04-24 12:34 ` Michael Kerrisk
[not found] ` <517f3f820804240534r3bbbdc52s52a6dfe3f2d14b7f-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-24 14:49 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-04-24 14:49 ` Ulrich Drepper
[not found] ` <48109DFB.900-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-24 14:42 ` Alan Cox
2008-04-24 14:42 ` Alan Cox
2008-04-24 15:19 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-04-24 15:05 ` Michael Kerrisk
2008-04-24 15:05 ` Michael Kerrisk
2008-04-24 14:18 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-04-24 14:24 ` Alan Cox
2008-04-24 15:16 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-04-24 15:03 ` Alan Cox
2008-04-24 15:44 ` Jakub Jelinek
2008-04-24 15:24 ` Alan Cox
2008-04-24 16:00 ` David Miller
2008-04-24 15:38 ` Alan Cox
2008-04-24 16:09 ` David Miller
2008-04-24 16:45 ` Michael Kerrisk
2008-04-26 22:41 ` dean gaudet
2008-04-24 15:45 ` Ulrich Drepper [this message]
2008-04-24 15:27 ` Alan Cox
2008-04-24 16:04 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-04-24 15:45 ` Alan Cox
2008-04-24 16:06 ` Michael Kerrisk
2008-04-24 16:49 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2008-04-24 15:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-24 15:39 ` David Miller
2008-04-24 16:03 ` Michael Kerrisk
2008-04-24 15:42 ` Alan Cox
2008-04-24 16:48 ` Michael Kerrisk
2008-04-24 17:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-04-24 17:31 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-04-24 17:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-04-24 16:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-04-24 16:52 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-04-24 12:27 ` Michael Kerrisk
2008-04-24 12:46 ` David Collier-Brown
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