linux-kernel - Re: [patch 00/13] Syslets, "Threadlets", generic AIO support, v3

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0703070925200.5963@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:26:22 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Kirk Kuchov <kirk.kuchov@...il.com>
cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@....com.au>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 00/13] Syslets, "Threadlets", generic AIO support, v3



On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Kirk Kuchov wrote:
> 
> I don't believe I'm wasting my time explaining this. They don't exist
> as /dev/null, they are just fucking _LINKS_. I could even "ln -s
> /proc/self/fd/0 sucker". A real /dev/stdout can/could even exist, but
> that's not the point!

Actually, one large reason for /proc/self/ existing is exactly /dev/stdin 
and friends.

And yes, /proc/self looks like a link too, but that doesn't change the 
fact that it's a very special file. No different from /dev/null or 
friends.

		Linus
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