Re: Adding checkpointing API to Linux kernel
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Fri, 22 Jan 1999 17:54:43 -0500
In message <199901221512.JAA11852@duracef.shout.net>, Michael Elizabeth
Chastai
n writes:
+-----
| > PS: How many things would break if we forced ioctls to _always_ pass
| >
| > struct foo {
| > int len;
| > char data[len];
| > } ?
|
| Everything would break. Remember that lots of programs use terminal
| control ioctls.
|
| So far I've seen two design ideas. One is an new 'nioctl' system call
| which takes 'len' as a fourth parameter. The other is to add
| 'ioctl_register' and 'ioctl_unregister' to the kernel, so that the
| kernel knows this information and can export it, even though the
| information is not present in the API.
+--->8
Why am I having sudden memories of ioctl(s, I_STR)?
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carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH
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