Re: [PATCHv4 4/6] Allow setting FD_CLOEXEC flag for new sockets

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From: Zach Brown
Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 11:00 am

> +union indirect_params {

Have you given thought to having to perform compat translation on this?
  Today it's only copied directly from the user pointer into the union
in the task_struct.

I'd love if we could only use fixed-width fields in the interface to
avoid the compat nonsense.

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[PATCHv4 4/6] Allow setting FD_CLOEXEC flag for new sockets, Ulrich Drepper, (Mon Nov 19, 11:53 pm)
Re: [PATCHv4 4/6] Allow setting FD_CLOEXEC flag for new so ..., Zach Brown, (Tue Nov 20, 11:00 am)