Re: Syslets, Threadlets, generic AIO support, v6

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On Wed, 30 May 2007, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> You also have to be aware that open() is just one piece of the puzzle.
> What about socket()?  I've cursed this interface many times before and
> now it's biting you: there is parameter to pass a flag.  What about
> transferring file descriptors via Unix domain sockets?  How can I decide
> the transferred descriptor should be in the private namespace?

Well, we can't just replicate/change every system call that creates a file 
descriptor. So I'm for something like:

int sys_fdup(int fd, int flags);

So you basically create your fds with their native/existing system calls, 
and then you dup/move them into the prefered fd space.



- Davide


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