From: Zach Brown <zach.brown@oracle.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: drepper@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 5/6] Allow setting O_NONBLOCK flag for new sockets
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:54:28 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47431F54.9030302@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071119.235944.82120402.davem@davemloft.net>
David Miller wrote:
> From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:53:14 -0500
>
> FWIW, I think this indirect syscall stuff is the most ugly interface
> I've ever seen proposed for the kernel.
Well, there's no XML in /proc :) :).
But, yes, I agree that the internal code needs a lot more cleanup before
being considered for merging.
> And I agree with all of the objections raised by both H. Pater Anvin
> and Eric Dumazet.
I'm worried, too. Do we have a stronger alternative? I'm all ears,
this isn't really my area of expertise.
- z
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-20 17:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-20 6:53 [PATCHv4 5/6] Allow setting O_NONBLOCK flag for new sockets Ulrich Drepper
2007-11-20 7:59 ` David Miller
2007-11-20 16:04 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-11-20 18:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-20 18:24 ` Zach Brown
2007-11-20 19:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-20 22:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-11-20 22:33 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-11-20 22:42 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-11-20 23:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-20 23:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-11-20 23:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-26 18:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-11-26 18:45 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-11-26 19:07 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-26 19:55 ` Davide Libenzi
2007-11-26 19:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-26 23:25 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-11-27 0:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-27 0:42 ` Ulrich Drepper
2007-11-27 1:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-27 2:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-11-27 2:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-20 21:48 ` David Miller
2007-11-20 21:55 ` Zach Brown
2007-11-20 22:36 ` David Miller
2007-11-20 17:54 ` Zach Brown [this message]
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