Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:11:48 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Openat() and fexecve() committed Message-ID: <20080331161148.GN21209@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <200803311557.m2VFvm3w044000@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <20080331153006.GK21209@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <200803311557.m2VFvm3w044000@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:57:48AM -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote: > In article <20080331153006.GK21209@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>, > kostikbel@gmail.com writes: > > >This is a notice for the list that the implementation of the openat(2) > >and accompanied syscalls, among them fexecve(2), as specified in The > >Open Group document titled "Extended API Set Part 2", is committed today > >into the HEAD. Besides (now) FreeBSD, the functionality is implemented > >on Linux, and I believe that it originated on Solaris. > > Please note that the exact requirements for these functions have been > altered somewhat in the Austin Group, so additional work is likely to > be required for POSIX.1-2008 compliance. Where is the 2008 version ? The unix.org provides only the SUSv3 TC 1 & 2, at least at the obvious locations. > > >gives the error EACCESS on both Linux and FreeBSD, and succeeds on Solaris. > >The Solaris behaviour seems to be specified in the document cited above. > >There are arguments in support of the both observed behaviour. > > I believe this is one of the issues which was addressed in the > standardization process. Quite interesting. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkfxDUMACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4gaHgCdG5qDumkwvyC2mLwlGUEzsCsA OvMAoI4fz88O5HW/6r6NOBVmgZRWn6VS =Px2K -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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