Re: max_loop limit

From: Olivier Galibert
Date: Thu Mar 22 2007 - 16:16:45 EST


On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 02:33:14PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> Correction: current ABI is crap. To set the thing up you need to open
> it and issue an ioctl. Which is a bloody bad idea, for obvious reasons...

Agreed. What would be a right way? Global device ala ptmx/tun/tap?
New syscall? Something else?

OG.
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