Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:50:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r220241 - in stable/8/sys: kern sys Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1107241447460.7526@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20110724184404.GB17489@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <201104011250.p31CoULd045353@svn.freebsd.org> <CAK2BMK6OrJ52jMNi8oJeAEyBAHj0AFMFRdjhUaYPZsWka7A75g@mail.gmail.com> <20110724184404.GB17489@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---559023410-1361943179-1311533444=:7526 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=koi8-r; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Sun, 24 Jul 2011, Kostik Belousov wrote: > On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 01:04:28PM -0400, Ben Kaduk wrote: >> [replying to -fs since that is where the original discussion of adding >> O_CLOEXEC occurred] >> >> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Konstantin Belousov <kib@freebsd.org> wr= ote: >>> Author: kib >>> Date: Fri Apr =9A1 12:50:29 2011 >>> New Revision: 220241 >>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/220241 >>> >>> Log: >>> =9AMFC r219999: >>> =9AAdd O_CLOEXEC flag to open(2) and fhopen(2). >> >> I saw mail go by on debian-bsd@lists.debian.org that the are going to >> pick up on these O_CLOEXEC definitions and export them, which included >> the comment: >> No O_SEARCH yet, since FreeBSD doesn't seem to implement it. > What do you mean by exporting them ? Per http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2011/07/msg00299.html , it is not=20 possible for them to use our sys/fcntl.h directly, so its contents must be= =20 copied into a bits/fcntl.h that enters somehow into their framework. (I=20 am not familiar with how this framework works.) > >> >> Would there be any reason for us to support O_SEARCH? >> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/open.html >> does not make it very clear to me whether we would want to.... > > We do not support O_SEARCH because nobody implemented it yet. Sure, but is it worth filing a PR as a reminder? -Ben ---559023410-1361943179-1311533444=:7526--
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