Re: [PATCH] alternative to sys_indirect, part 1
[Posted May 14, 2008 by jake]
| From: |
| Alan Cox <alan-AT-lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> |
| To: |
| Ulrich Drepper <drepper-AT-redhat.com> |
| Subject: |
| Re: [PATCH] alternative to sys_indirect, part 1 |
| Date: |
| Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:25:14 +0100 |
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| linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, netdev-AT-vger.kernel.org,
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> - I decided against using the O_* flags here. Most are not useful and
> we might need the bits for something else at some time. Hence the
> new SOCKFL_* flag. The intend is to define SOCKFL_CLOEXEC and
> O_CLOEXEC to the same value. In this case there is zero overhead.
Given we will never have 2^32 socket types, and in a sense this is part
of the type why not just use
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, ...)
that would be far far cleaner, no new syscalls on the socket side at all.
Alan
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