Re: Where is the new timerfd?

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On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> On Nov 23, 2007 9:29 AM, Davide Libenzi <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yes, it's disabled, and yes, I'll repost today ...
> 
> I haven't seen the patch and don't feel like searching.  So I say it
> here: please mak sure you add a flags parameter to the system call
> itself (instead of adding it on as for eventfd and signalfd).  We need
> to be able to use O_CLOEXEC some way or another.

I'm more then OK about adding a flags parameter. If it was for me, I'd add 
it even to eventfd and signalfd. I asked Linus if he was OK about adding 
the flags parameter to all. He didn't reply, and I read that as "no".



- Davide


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