On Thu, 31 May 2007, Ulrich Drepper wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Davide Libenzi wrote: > > Isn't this better be a global process flag? Default should be, for legacy > > reasons, > > No. Policies are always wrong since it means code that cannot change > the policy (e.g, all runtime libraries) have no access to the > functionality. I cannot set the policy to default to close-on-exit in > glibc all the while the application assumes this is not the case.
I was talking for a broader usage, not only glibc centric. Most ppl writing MT+exec apps wants all but (eventually) and handfull of files leaking across the exec boundary. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
