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Date:      Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:22:04 +0200
From:      Giovanni Trematerra <gianni@freebsd.org>
To:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Jung-uk Kim <jkim@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r234352 - in head/sys: amd64/linux32 compat/linux i386/linux kern
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2012/4/18 Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 01:52:24PM +0200, Giovanni Trematerra wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Jung-uk Kim <jkim@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> > Author: jkim
>> > Date: Mon Apr 16 21:22:02 2012
>> > New Revision: 234352
>> > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/234352
>> >
>> > Log:
>> > =A0- Implement pipe2 syscall for Linuxulator. =A0This syscall appeared=
 in 2.6.27
>> > =A0but GNU libc used it without checking its kernel version, e. g., Fe=
dora 10.
>> > =A0- Move pipe(2) implementation for Linuxulator from MD files to MI f=
ile,
>> > =A0sys/compat/linux/linux_file.c. =A0There is no MD code for this sysc=
all at all.
>> > =A0- Correct an argument type for pipe() from l_ulong * to l_int *. =
=A0Probably
>> > =A0this was the source of MI/MD confusion.
>> >
>> > =A0Reviewed by: =A0emulation
>> >
>> > Modified:
>> > =A0head/sys/amd64/linux32/linux32_dummy.c
>> > =A0head/sys/amd64/linux32/linux32_machdep.c
>> > =A0head/sys/amd64/linux32/syscalls.master
>> > =A0head/sys/compat/linux/linux_file.c
>> > =A0head/sys/i386/linux/linux_dummy.c
>> > =A0head/sys/i386/linux/linux_machdep.c
>> > =A0head/sys/i386/linux/syscalls.master
>> > =A0head/sys/kern/sys_pipe.c
>> >
>>
>> I don't think it's worth to change sys/kern/sys_pipe.c just to implement
>> linux_pipe2 in linuxator.
>> You can just revert the changes in sys_pipe.c and call kern_fcntl in lin=
ux_pipe2
>> to set appropriate flags for the pipes after you created them with kern_=
pipe.
>> Please, take a look at this patch
>> http://www.trematerra.net/patches/linux_pipe2.patch
>>
>> It's only test-compiled though.
>> Thank you.
>
> I do think that what Jung-uk did is the right approach, and your suggesti=
on
> is wrong. The way it is done in r234352 serves the purpose of pipe2(2),
> namely, the atomicity of setting O_CLOEXEC and O_NONBLOCK with respect
> to execve(2).

Uhm I'm overlooked that linux threads in linuxolator are actual processes a=
s you
pointed me out in private.

Sorry for the noise.



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