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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:25:14 +0100 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] alternative to sys_indirect, part 1 > - I decided against using the O_* flags here. Most are not useful and > we might need the bits for something else at some time. Hence the > new SOCKFL_* flag. The intend is to define SOCKFL_CLOEXEC and > O_CLOEXEC to the same value. In this case there is zero overhead. Given we will never have 2^32 socket types, and in a sense this is part of the type why not just use socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, ...) that would be far far cleaner, no new syscalls on the socket side at all. Alan -- 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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