Re: STREAMS: interface versus implementation

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 23:51:07 +0100 (BST)

> That means implementing getpmsg() and putpmsg() which are recv() and send()
> only different. It also means faking the STREAMS ioctls and /dev entries:

Please keep getpmsg/putmsg out of the generic glibc. Thats important because
otherwise glibc will break the syscall versions and calderas stuff

> Some help from the kernel is necessary, because putting a wrapper around
> ioctl in libc would kill performance for everyone.

LD_PRELOAD is your friend

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