Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:01:03 -0800 (PST) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | 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 <davidel@xmailserver.org> 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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