Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:45:45 -0700 | From | Ulrich Drepper <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] alternative to sys_indirect, part 1 |
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Alan Cox wrote: > Kernel socket type values are assigned by the kernel team so that > isn't a problem.
Again, it's not about assigned values. It about those not yet assigned.
> POSIX has no interface for this new behaviour you propose so that is > complete crap. The moment you use one of these features you stepped > outside of the POSIX spec - and you know that. If there was an existing > standard we wouldn't have a problem.
Oh really? You open a server socket, use fcntl(FD_CLOEXEC), and then accept(). This is identical to the new behavior and it is very well defined in POSIX. Hence, code which uses fcntl() this way today will see a change with your proposal.
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