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Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:53:51 -0700 From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com> To: Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org> CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce O_CLOEXEC (take >2) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/31/2007 Davide Libenzi wrote: > I was talking for a broader usage, not only glibc centric. Most ppl > writing MT+exec apps wants all but (eventually) and handfull of files > leaking across the exec boundary. Policies are not the answer. Using such a flag is no big issue. *Iff* we should end up with some form of private file descriptors changing the default for them would be OK, too. But the existing semantics mustn't be touched, even if it is selectable. Trying to fix existing buggy code this way is foolish since it might just as well break assumptions in the same program. - -- ➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGXxm/2ijCOnn/RHQRAm+wAJ9YD6KsS6T96xChZvS/3yCwCo6+0gCgl0IY y6OxxUcuQ8yGJsiYebkuIMY= =tkxV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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