From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ulrich Drepper Subject: Re: [PATCH] alternative to sys_indirect, part 1 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:19:27 -0700 Message-ID: <4810A4FF.7030004@redhat.com> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE 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 To: Alan Cox Return-path: 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 In-Reply-To: <20080424154220.3dae36a1@the-village.bc.nu> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: -----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 th= e > long term. Look at the other interfaces. I've proposed them for POSIX and they ar= e 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 wor= k on the next revision (esp reviews) start. That's too long. - -- =E2=9E=A7 Ulrich Drepper =E2=9E=A7 Red Hat, Inc. =E2=9E=A7 444 Castro S= t =E2=9E=A7 Mountain View, CA =E2=9D=96 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIEKT/2ijCOnn/RHQRAkyoAJ9/FRwN3r6zg2cSvzVrA2TiGlfergCdG1r9 H/UghrO5A99ieG6O7wXvu7I=3D =3DpUfi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----