Re: Syslets, Threadlets, generic AIO support, v6
From: Davide Libenzi
Date: Wed May 30 2007 - 18:06:37 EST
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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