netdev - Re: [PATCH] ip: set the close-on-exec flag for descriptors

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Date:	Mon, 8 Jul 2013 19:51:08 +0400
From:	Andrey Wagin <avagin@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip: set the close-on-exec flag for descriptors

Hi Eric,

2013/7/8 Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>:
>> Applied
>
> It seems it could break ip command for old kernels, as SOCK_CLOEXEC is
> supported from 2.6.27
>
> Not sure if its worth a patch, to do the normal socket() call followed
> by legacy fcntl() one.

fcntl is not safe for multithread applications. If libnetlink isn't
going to be used for them, I don't have objection. The patch is
attached.

Thanks.

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