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Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 21:50:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org> To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com> cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mtk.manpages@...il.com, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/18] flag parameters: timerfd_create On Sun, 4 May 2008, Ulrich Drepper wrote: > The timerfd_create syscall already has a flags parameter. It just is > unused so far. This patch changes this by introducing the TFD_CLOEXEC > flag to set the close-on-exec flag for the returned file descriptor. > > A new flag TFD_CLOEXEC is used instead of reusing O_CLOEXEC to prevent > exhaustion of the int bit field in case we need more flags. > > The following test must be adjusted for architectures other than x86 and > x86-64 and in case the syscall numbers changed. > Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com> Acked-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org> - Davide -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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