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> > I have noticed that the new ...at() system calls are named in what > appears to be a completely haphazard fashion. In Unix system calls, > an f- prefix means it operates on a file descriptor; the -at suffix (a > prefix would have been more consistent, but oh well) similarly > indicates it operates on a (directory fd, pathname) pair. > shmat operates on dirfd/pathname? Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||
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