linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 4/6] Allow setting FD

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Date:	Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:00:36 -0800
From:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
To:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 4/6] Allow setting FD_CLOEXEC flag for new sockets


> +union indirect_params {
> +  struct {
> +    int flags;
> +  } file_flags;
> +};

Have you given thought to having to perform compat translation on this?
  Today it's only copied directly from the user pointer into the union
in the task_struct.

I'd love if we could only use fixed-width fields in the interface to
avoid the compat nonsense.

- z
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