From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from li9-11.members.linode.com ([67.18.176.11]:53695 "EHLO test.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750777Ab1IUVPg (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:15:36 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:15:33 -0400 From: "Ted Ts'o" To: Tim Pepper Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: libuuid clock.txt fd leaks Message-ID: <20110921211533.GA3032@thunk.org> References: <20110921202620.GD4056@thunk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20110921202620.GD4056@thunk.org> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 04:26:20PM -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote: > Part of the problem is that the uuid library was originally designed > non-thread-using libraries, and I originally was trying to force all Sigh, s/to force/to avoid forcing/ > programs to link against -lpthread. (Remember, libuuid as found in > e2fsprogs predates Linux having a standardized threads support, or any > threads support at all.) - Ted