From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263612AbTDGTyI (for ); Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:54:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263614AbTDGTyI (for ); Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:54:08 -0400 Received: from 209-166-240-202.cust.walrus.com ([209.166.240.202]:15029 "EHLO ti3.telemetry-investments.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263612AbTDGTyH (for ); Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:54:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 16:05:33 -0400 From: "Bill Rugolsky Jr." To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH] new syscall: flink Message-ID: <20030407200533.GA23680@ti19> References: <20030407102005.4c13ed7f.manushkinvv@desnol.ru> <200304070709.h37792815083@mozart.cs.berkeley.edu> <20030407113534.1de8dc91.agri@desnol.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 07:57:08AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Personally I would prefer if open() on > /proc/*/fd would actually operate as if a dup() on the relevant file > descriptor, which would be a significant change of semantics; however, > one could argue those are the saner semantics. We discussed this previously; I described the problems with existing semantics, and on 2000/020/29 you wrote: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=fa.iqoa6kv.flii0q%40ifi.uio.no&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26q%3Dhpa%2Brugolsky%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch "I'm hoping to fix this in 2.5. The problem is that the way open() is done in the VFS *requires* the creation of a new filestructure." I'm still open to suggestions. ;-) Regards, Bill Rugolsky