On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 11:22 AM Dave Martin <dave.mar...@arm.com> wrote:
> > case F_SETFD: > > err = 0; > > set_close_on_exec(fd, arg & FD_CLOEXEC); > > + if (arg & FD_32BIT_MODE) > > + filp->f_mode |= FMODE_32BITHASH; > > + else > > + filp->f_mode &= ~FMODE_32BITHASH; > > This seems inconsistent? F_SETFD is for setting flags on a file > descriptor. Won't setting a flag on filp here instead cause the > behaviour to change for all file descriptors across the system that are > open on this struct file? Compare set_close_on_exec(). > > I don't see any discussion on whether this should be an F_SETFL or an > F_SETFD, though I see F_SETFD was Ted's suggestion originally. I cannot honestly say I know the semantic difference. I would ask the QEMU people how a user program would expect the flag to behave. Yours, Linus Walleij
