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From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
To: dean gaudet <dean@arctic.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 4/4] first use of sys_indirect system call
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:19:07 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <473DDF1B.5030706@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.0.9999.0711161003310.15441@twinlark.arctic.org>

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dean gaudet wrote:
> honestly i think there should be a per-task flag which indicates whether 
> fds are by default F_CLOEXEC or not.  my reason:  third party libraries.

Only somebody who thinks exclusively about applications as opposed to
runtimes/libraries can say something like that.  Library writers don't
have the luxury of being able to modify any global state.  This has all
been discussed here before.

- --
➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-16 18:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-15 18:22 [PATCHv2 4/4] first use of sys_indirect system call Ulrich Drepper
2007-11-16  2:57 ` Eric Dumazet
2007-11-16 18:08 ` dean gaudet
2007-11-16 18:19   ` Ulrich Drepper [this message]
2007-11-16 18:22     ` dean gaudet
2007-11-16 18:59       ` Ulrich Drepper

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