linux-kernel - Re: [patch] F_GETPATH implementation (rev 2)

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0804141931070.2879@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:41:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] F_GETPATH implementation (rev 2)

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Davide Libenzi wrote:
>
> This is a small patch to support BSD's F_GETPATH on Linux.
> IMO the simplicity of the patch and the portability advantages makes it 
> worth it. I'll leave to others to further comments it.

So, I'd like to know who (if anybody) really uses F_GETPATH. 

I think the patch is simple enough, and if there is a real program that is 
worth porting for which this actually matters, I don't really see any 
downsides. But I'd like to hear more about it, and I also wonder if others 
do it differently.

Also, are there any other interfaces that other OS's use for this, do you 
know? Would be good to know before/if we decide to support something like 
this..

		Linus
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