Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Dont use openat()

From: Ulrich Drepper
Date: Thu Sep 24 2009 - 17:07:33 EST


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Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> We can certainly remove that reliance - wanna send a patch for it?

Come on, the silliness has to stop. The kernel must be recent and to
use it adequately the C library also must be recent. And "recent" is
not even correct anymore: the functions are available for more then two
years. Removing the use of the modern interfaces makes everything
slower and might even re-introduce race conditions my patch fixed.

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â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â
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