Re: [PATCH] Introduce O_CLOEXEC (take >2)

[Davide Libenzi]

On Thu, 31 May 2007, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

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> Davide Libenzi wrote:
> > Isn't this better be a global process flag? Default should be, for legacy
> > reasons,
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> No.  Policies are always wrong since it means code that cannot change
> the policy (e.g, all runtime libraries) have no access to the
> functionality.  I cannot set the policy to default to close-on-exit in
> glibc all the while the application assumes this is not the case.

I was talking for a broader usage, not only glibc centric. Most ppl 
writing MT+exec apps wants all but (eventually) and handfull of files 
leaking across the exec boundary.



- Davide


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