Re: [RFC] utterly bogus userland API in infinibad

[David S. Miller]

From: Roland Dreier <rolandd@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:54:31 -0700

> I have to confess I'm not familiar with how the kernel implements
> SCM_RIGHTS.  Is it something we could use here?

Yes, you could open up an AF_UNIX socket with userspace
and pass the FDs over via SCM_RIGHTS.

Read the unix(7) man page, section ANCILLARY MESSAGES,
sub-section SCM_RIGHTS, to see how userspace can use
this stuff between processes.
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