On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 01:31:56PM -0700, Davide Libenzi wrote: > On Sat, 9 Jun 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > So I think both the FD_CLOEXEC _and_ the "private fd space" are real > > issues. I don't agree with the "random fd" approach. I'd much rather have > > a non-random setup for the nonlinear ones (it just shouldn't be linear). > > That is fine for me. So what about the randomness? > > A) Don't do it at all > > B) Let userspace select it in some way globally > > C) Let userspace select it per-fd (this won't be an O(1) anymore though)
It should be handled the same way that VMA layout randomness is handled. There are multiple knobs including ELF markers and /proc bits. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - 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/
