From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765036AbYDXPbS (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:31:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762678AbYDXPUz (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:20:55 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:39112 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762605AbYDXPUx (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:20:53 -0400 Message-ID: <4810A4FF.7030004@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:19:27 -0700 From: Ulrich Drepper Organization: Red Hat, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: Michael Kerrisk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Linus Torvalds , michael.kerrisk@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] alternative to sys_indirect, part 1 References: <200804240403.m3O43us8028699@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20080424112514.055d8071@the-village.bc.nu> <517f3f820804240534r3bbbdc52s52a6dfe3f2d14b7f@mail.gmail.com> <48109DFB.900@redhat.com> <20080424154220.3dae36a1@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <20080424154220.3dae36a1@the-village.bc.nu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alan Cox wrote: > We shouldn't be seeing this as a Linux problem, its a BSD problem, an AIX > problem, a Solaris problem and an HPUX problem and really wants one > solution applying across distributions or it will harm everyone in the > long term. Look at the other interfaces. I've proposed them for POSIX and they are going to be in the next revision (O_CLOEXEC, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC). I'm confident that whatever we'll do will be endorsed this way. It's just too late for the next revision, it'd have to wait a few years until work on the next revision (esp reviews) start. That's too long. - -- ➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIEKT/2ijCOnn/RHQRAkyoAJ9/FRwN3r6zg2cSvzVrA2TiGlfergCdG1r9 H/UghrO5A99ieG6O7wXvu7I= =pUfi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----