Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:15:09 -0800 | From | Zach Brown <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv4 4/6] Allow setting FD_CLOEXEC flag for new sockets |
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> Since there is no legacy interface to worry about all members added to > the structure can and should be neutral of the word size.
OK, perhaps add a giant comment warning about that. History tells us that people will get it wrong.
> We've done > this with some syscalls already (like pread64) where we always use the > wide form in the parameter list. It's just more simple here since it > does not have to split into two 32-bit registers.
*nod*
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