linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nextfd(2)

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Message-ID: <20120412192125.GA3277@p183.telecom.by>
Date:	Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:21:26 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	drepper@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nextfd(2)

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 06:51:37AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> He has and he is right.  You're trying to catch pointless corner cases.

For the record, the only objection I find real is about
sequential vs bulk nature of the system call.
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