linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Dont use openat()

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Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:07:03 -0700
From:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Dont use openat()

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Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> We can certainly remove that reliance - wanna send a patch for it?

Come on, the silliness has to stop.  The kernel must be recent and to
use it adequately the C library also must be recent.  And "recent" is
not even correct anymore: the functions are available for more then two
years.  Removing the use of the modern interfaces makes everything
slower and might even re-introduce race conditions my patch fixed.

- --
➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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