linux-kernel - Re: [patch] F_GETPATH implementation (rev 2)

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Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:34:42 +0200
From:	"Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@...glemail.com>
To:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Davide Libenzi" <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>, "Al Viro" <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	"Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	"Christoph Hellwig" <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] F_GETPATH implementation (rev 2)

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Davide Libenzi wrote:
> >
> > This is a small patch to support BSD's F_GETPATH on Linux.
> > IMO the simplicity of the patch and the portability advantages makes it
> > worth it. I'll leave to others to further comments it.
>
> So, I'd like to know who (if anybody) really uses F_GETPATH.

Davide described this as "BSD's F_GETPATH".  It's worth clarifying
that more accurately this is "MacOS's F_GETPATH".  I can't find any
trace of F_GETPATH on Net/Open/FreeBSD, Solaris doesn't seem to have
it either, and none of the other systems I checked has it either.
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