linux-kernel - Re: get_unused_fd and get_unused_fd

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:34:59 +0300
From:	Ozan Çağlayan <ozancag@...il.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mcgrof@...nel.org
Subject: Re: get_unused_fd and get_unused_fd_flags

> Maybe I should backport alloc_fd and rename it to sth like
> compat_alloc_fd and use that instead of alloc_fd in compat. What I was
> trying to understand was the reason behind exporting/not-exporting
> those similar wrappers. I don't try to justify that it should be
> exported for me :)

Well this already seems unbackportable as alloc_fd() pulls in
expand_files() which pulls in expand_fdtable() which pulls in
alloc_fdtable(), etc. etc.


-- 
Ozan Çağlayan
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