On Wed, 2 May 2007, Davi Arnaut wrote: > Davide Libenzi wrote: > > On Tue, 1 May 2007, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > > > David, could you provide some feedback please? The patches are stunningly > > > free of comments, but you used to do that to me pretty often so my > > > sympathy > > > is limited ;) > > > > > > > You bastard! :) > > Ok, from a brief look ... > > > > [general] > > The code adds an extra indirection over the already existing > > file_operations, that IMO already sufficently abstract a file. > > The compat code, if I read it correctly, does not support files crossing > > 32/64 bits boundaries (exec or SCM_RIGHTS). > > > > > > The compat code is not already finished, I plan to address compat > code on the next version.
How? Compat on sys_read/sys_write? > > [timers] > > Returns a structure instead of a 32 bit counter (ala timerfd), and needs > > extra compat code. > > > > Yes, but the compat code will be quite small. Why would that be even justified? > > [signal] > > All the discussions that went on for signalfd has been lost. It pins the > > task struct and it does not handle process detach signaling. > > > > No, I just went into a different direction. I'd say wrong, because signalfd addressed valid concerns of quite a few ppl. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/