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Message-ID: <4743242D.60304@oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:15:09 -0800
From: Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
CC: Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>, 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
> Since there is no legacy interface to worry about all members added to
> the structure can and should be neutral of the word size.
OK, perhaps add a giant comment warning about that. History tells us
that people will get it wrong.
> We've done
> this with some syscalls already (like pread64) where we always use the
> wide form in the parameter list. It's just more simple here since it
> does not have to split into two 32-bit registers.
*nod*
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