linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] posix_types.h: make __NFDBITS compatible with glibc definition

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Message-ID: <500EFF10.3050607@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:01:20 -0600
From:	Jeff Law <law@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] posix_types.h: make __NFDBITS compatible with glibc
 definition

On 07/24/12 13:43, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> I think we should likely keep __FD_SETSIZE, since that really is a
> valid kernel value (that the kernel actually uses). The rest looks
> *entirely* bogus.
I can certainly live with that.

Josh, looks like you've got marching orders :-)

Of course there'll be some kind of fallout, there always is.



> And the reason I emphasize the "entirely" is literally that the kernel
> headers don't even define the full __FD_SET/CLR/ISSET() functionality.
I know.  When this first came to my attention I feared I'd find another 
implementation of FD_{SET,CLR}/ISSET.

Jeff
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