Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751560AbaLCKlv (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2014 05:41:51 -0500 Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com ([209.85.212.170]:50927 "EHLO mail-wi0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750855AbaLCKlt (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2014 05:41:49 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 11:41:44 +0100 From: Richard Cochran To: Richard Weinberger Cc: Eric Dumazet , Alex Dubov , Al Viro , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Alex Dubov Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs: introduce sendfd() syscall Message-ID: <20141203104144.GA7495@localhost.localdomain> References: <1417494919-4577-1-git-send-email-oakad@yahoo.com> <1417494919-4577-2-git-send-email-oakad@yahoo.com> <20141202170037.GG29748@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <1417589446.5303.121.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com> <20141203080800.GB5193@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 09:17:37AM +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote: > Come on guys, get a cup of coffee and relax a bit... I am relaxed, especially after I had a good laugh reading this: On a less related note, I hope you will agree that the simpler mechanism for this very in-demand feature is long overdue on Linux (every man and his dog are passing fds around these days). Really, in years and years of unix programming, I have not yet felt the need to pass a file descriptor. Thats goes double for my dogs. In any case, I find it hard to believe that the traditional method is really so bad. The explanation of why this new way is needed boils down to: "unix programming is so hard to get right." Thanks, Richard -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/