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

[Zach Brown]

> +union indirect_params {
> +  struct {
> +    int flags;
> +  } file_flags;
> +};

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.

- z
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