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SubjectRe: [PATCHv3 0/4] sys_indirect system call
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dean gaudet wrote:
> as an application writer how do i access accept(2) with FD_CLOEXEC
> functionality? will glibc expose an accept2() with a flags param?

Not yet decided. There is the alternative to extend the accept()
interface to have both interfaces:

int accept(int, struct sockaddr *, socklen_t *);
and
int accept(int, struct sockaddr *, socklen_t *, int);

We can do this with type safety even in C nowadays.


> if so... why don't we just have an accept2() syscall?

If you read the mails of my first submission you'll find that I
explained this. I talked to Andrew and he favored new syscalls. But
then I talked to Linus and he favored this approach. Probably
especially because it can be used for syslets as well. And it is less
code and data than introducing new syscalls.

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