Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/4] Check O_* flags set with fcntl() on anon_inodefiles.

[Davide Libenzi]

On Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Matt Helsley wrote:

> anon_inode interfaces often do not support flags that can be set
> by fcntl(). Right now using fcntl() to set these flags falsely
> reports success for things like O_ASYNC yet SIGIO is not delivered.
> 
> I relied on the flags allowed by the syscalls that create
> these files to determine the flags that are allowed to be set by
> fcntl().
> 
> Each patch checks flags for one anonymous inode interface:
> 
> [PATCH 1/4] signalfd
> [PATCH 2/4] timerfd
> [PATCH 3/4] epoll
> [PATCH 4/4] eventfd

The whole serie ...

Acked-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


- Davide


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