linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add cloexec information to fdinfo

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:39:33 -0400
From:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...adia.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rientjes@...gle.com,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, wilsons@...rt.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add cloexec information to fdinfo

On 06/29/2011 10:59 PM, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> It provides the information, yes, but it also hides some information.
> If you do it this way we cannot distinguish code which uses O_CLOEXEC at
> open-time from uses of fcntl(FD_CLOEXEC).

One more reason to at least not use the patch as you have it right now.
 If a file descriptor was opened with O_CLOEXEC but subsequently the bit
has been reset using fcntl() the f_flags value would still have the
O_CLOEXEC bit set.

If you don't like the separate cloexec line, at least reset the
O_CLOEXEC bit in the f_flags output if the FD_ISSET() test returns zero.

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