On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> this will be in the next alpha as
>         /dev/fcntl@...
> because it works on all types of paths, even /dev/fd
>
> the patch happened quickly because the background work in pathdev() and
> syscall restart intercepts (both part of the stability/debugging flurry this 
> summer)
> were already in place
>
> it handles relative paths like this
>         /dev/fcntl@direct/./file_in_pwd

I don't like the name. It implies that all fcntl operations are
possible which is not the case. For example, how do you pass the
return value of fcntl() back to the user and what does it mean? How do
you implement locks, shares, leases with /dev/fcntl? The name is
misleading.

Irek
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