Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 May 2001 19:24:52 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: Why side-effects on open(2) are evil. (was Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup) |
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On Sat, 19 May 2001, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 12:51:07PM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote: > > clone(), walk(), clunk(), stat() and open() ;-) Basically, we can add > > unopened descriptors. I.e. no IO until you open it (turning the thing into > > opened one), but we can do lookups (move to child), we can clone and > > kill them and we can stat them. > > Those who would like a more detailed explanation can find one at > http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/man/5/INDEX.html
Umm... Yes, it's an allusion to 9P, but no, I'm not serious about exporting that to userland.
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