linux-kernel - Re: PROPOSAL: extend pipe() to support NULL argument.

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Message-ID: <412e6f7f0907072141x6de32dddj139c7bc1435d3bf6@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 8 Jul 2009 12:41:11 +0800
From:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
To:	Zan Lynx <zlynx@....org>
Cc:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	Albert ARIBAUD <albert.aribaud@...e.fr>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Amerigo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: extend pipe() to support NULL argument.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:02 AM, Zan Lynx<zlynx@....org> wrote:
>
> But perhaps mkfifo(NULL) should be the syscall chosen to extend since its
> parameters are much like open() already, and it seems to work in the above
> sequence to create a one-FD FIFO already.
>
It sounds a good idea.


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Regards，
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@...il.com)
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