Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270681AbTGUTdy (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:33:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270676AbTGUTdy (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:33:54 -0400 Received: from smtp.terra.es ([213.4.129.129]:56621 "EHLO tfsmtp3.mail.isp") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270705AbTGUTdu (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:33:50 -0400 From: RAMON_GARCIA_F To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <667ff6ab37.6ab37667ff@teleline.es> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:48:49 +0200 X-Mailer: Netscape Webmail MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Language: es Subject: Re: Suggestion for a new system call: convert file handle to a cookie for transfering file handles between processes. X-Accept-Language: es Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 810 Lines: 22 It might be posible to implement in user space. I have not fully studied it to see if there are significant problems. I believe that innovation is a public good that should be actively promoted. Otherwise technology would never advance. The complication added to the kernel is minimal because the primitive is simple. That is actually the most important reason why I like it. There are barriers to adopting, such as portability. But if the primitive is included in standard Linux and is found useful by application developers, other Unixes will follow. Ramon - 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/