As far as kmod package is concerned O_CLOEXEC is used in constructs like
"O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC". O_CLOEXEC can be used (is defined) starting with
Linux kernel ≥2.6.23 and glibc ≥2.7 case in which the patch does not
logically changing anything. However, prior Linux kernel ≥2.6.23
O_CLOEXEC is not defined (the case for CentOS 5.8 - kernel 2.6.18) and
using it in code will cause build errors. My patch provides a workaround
for those distributions that do not have O_CLOEXEC define, just to be
able to build stuff. I have not tested on CentOS 5.8 if the applications
are not broken in some way, but that's not in the scope of this patch.
If something does indeed break, then a totally different patch is
required, targeting a backport of kmod for kernel older than 2.6.23.
Radu
On 07/23/2012 05:34 PM, Enrico Scholz wrote:
Radu Moisan <radu.moisan-ral2jqcrhueavxtiumw...@public.gmane.org>
writes:
Close-on-exec seems to be unsuported on some architectures like CentOS 5.8
and thus causing some packages to fail to build successfully.
Have you verified that making O_CLOEXEC a noop does not break the
applications?
Enrico
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