Hello Hans and Knut, Would a new ioctl to query the last IPRT code for an open session be an option in case the caller does need the extra information?
Regards Michael 06.08.2017 22:08, Knut St. Osmundsen wrote: > Hi Hans, > > I'm with you on this not being entirely optimal. However 'man ioctl' > (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/ioctl.2.html) documents it as sane > behavior. So why change working code? > > As I mentioned, the ideal fix would be to pass the VBox status code back > separately in the request buffer, making the fix cross platform rather > than linux specific. But that's a lot of work. > > -bird-- Michael Thayer | VirtualBox engineer ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Werkstr. 24 | D-71384 Weinstadt ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Hauptverwaltung: Riesstraße 25, D-80992 München Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Nederland, Nr. 30143697 Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Jan Schultheiss, Val Maher _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list vbox-dev@virtualbox.org https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
