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Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:19:07 -0800
From:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
To:	dean gaudet <dean@...tic.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 4/4] first use of sys_indirect system call

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dean gaudet wrote:
> honestly i think there should be a per-task flag which indicates whether 
> fds are by default F_CLOEXEC or not.  my reason:  third party libraries.

Only somebody who thinks exclusively about applications as opposed to
runtimes/libraries can say something like that.  Library writers don't
have the luxury of being able to modify any global state.  This has all
been discussed here before.

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➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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