On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Ulrich Drepper wrote: > One more small change to extend the availability of creation of > file descriptors with FD_CLOEXEC set. Adding a new command to > fcntl() requires no new system call and the overall impact on > code size if minimal. > > If this patch gets accepted we will also add this change to the > next revision of the POSIX spec. > > To test the patch, use the following little program. Adjust the > value of F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC appropriately.
I think new system calls would have been a cleaner way to accomplish this. The "small pill at a time" may have better chance to go in, but will likely result in an uglier userspace interface. In any case, this is better than *nothing*, if it makes it easier to use fds inside system libraries. - 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/
