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From: Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] posix_types.h: make __NFDBITS compatible with glibc definition
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:01:20 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <500EFF10.3050607@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFzfQUYs3eo=O8BYBNPZB_ie5dAWSxCCcHWHNMeeozr7_g@mail.gmail.com>

On 07/24/12 13:43, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> I think we should likely keep __FD_SETSIZE, since that really is a
> valid kernel value (that the kernel actually uses). The rest looks
> *entirely* bogus.
I can certainly live with that.

Josh, looks like you've got marching orders :-)

Of course there'll be some kind of fallout, there always is.



> And the reason I emphasize the "entirely" is literally that the kernel
> headers don't even define the full __FD_SET/CLR/ISSET() functionality.
I know.  When this first came to my attention I feared I'd find another 
implementation of FD_{SET,CLR}/ISSET.

Jeff

  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-24 20:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-24 18:12 [PATCH] posix_types.h: make __NFDBITS match glibc definition Josh Boyer
2012-07-24 18:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-24 18:24   ` Josh Boyer
2012-07-24 18:32     ` [PATCH v2] posix_types.h: make __NFDBITS compatible with " Josh Boyer
2012-07-24 18:46       ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-24 19:03         ` Josh Boyer
2012-07-24 19:09           ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-24 19:15             ` Jeff Law
2012-07-24 19:24               ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-24 19:26                 ` Jeff Law
2012-07-24 19:43                   ` Josh Boyer
2012-07-24 19:55                     ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-24 20:10                       ` Josh Boyer
2012-07-24 20:13                         ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-24 20:02                     ` Andreas Schwab
2012-07-24 19:43                   ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-24 20:01                     ` Jeff Law [this message]
2012-07-24 19:19     ` [PATCH] posix_types.h: make __NFDBITS match " Jeff Law
2012-07-24 19:37       ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-24 19:39         ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-24 19:41         ` Josh Boyer
2012-07-24 19:59           ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-24 20:11             ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-24 20:52               ` Andreas Schwab

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