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SubjectRe: [PATCH] nextfd(2)
On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 09:14:17AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 04/06/2012 02:54 AM, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> >
> > I agree, this particular changelog may be somewhat out of line.
> >
> > But I find it little hypocritical that kernel developers add CONFIG_PROC_FS,
> > fix compilation problems associated with it, do not mount proc by default,
> > do not mark it unmountable somehow and
> > then say procless setups aren't worth it.
> >
>
> Aren't worth *optimizing for*. But yes, CONFIG_PROC_FS is pretty much a
> historic relic at this point, and probably should just be dropped.

What to do with automounting /proc so it availablility would match
syscall availability?

> > Without proc knowledge about fdtable is gathered linearly and still unreliable.
> > With nextfd(2), even procful environments could lose several failure branches.
>
> What? Please explain how on Earth this would "lose several failure
> branches."

closefrom(3) written via nextfd(2) loop is reliable and doesn't fail.
closefrom(3) written via /proc/self/fd is reliable and can fail (including ENOMEM).
closefrom(3) written via close(fd++) is unreliable.

If programmer adds nextfd(2) loop before any closefrom(3) code
he currently uses, there will be less failures.


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