linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/9] signalfd/timerfd v1

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0703100101380.8799@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Date:	Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:01:52 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/9] signalfd/timerfd v1 - anonymoush inode source ...


On Mar 9 2007 15:39, Davide Libenzi wrote:
>
>This patch add an anonymous inode source, to be used for files that need 
>and inode only in order to create a file*. We do not care of having an 
>inode for each file, and we do not even care of having different names in 
>the associated dentries (dentry names will be same for classes of file*).
>This allow code reuse, and will be used by epoll, signalfd and timerfd 
>(and whatever else there'll be).

Perhaps procfs?



Jan
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