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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools/libxl: remove O_CLOEXEC in xl_cmdimpl.c

from [Ian Jackson] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools/libxl: remove O_CLOEXEC in xl_cmdimpl.c
From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:20:45 +0100
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Christoph Egger writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools/libxl: remove O_CLOEXEC 
in xl_cmdimpl.c"):
> 
> The applied version looks like to be a OS specific workaround.

I'm not sure what you mean.  O_CLOEXEC is not universally available,
so avoiding it where possible is a good thing.

> NetBSD has O_CLOEXEC.

How is that relevant ?

Ian.

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