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Message-Id: <20080424.083908.147395158.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:39:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, drepper@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] alternative to sys_indirect, part 1

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:29:14 -0700 (PDT)

> 
> 
> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Alan Cox wrote:
> > 
> > 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, ...)
> 
> Ok, I have to admit that I find this very appealing. It looks much 
> cleaner, but perhaps more importantly, it also looks both readable _and_ 
> easier to use for the user-space programmer.

Me too.
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