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Re: [PATCH 3/3] posix: New Linux posix_spawn{p} implementation
- From: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval dot zanella at linaro dot org>
- To: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:44:03 -0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] posix: New Linux posix_spawn{p} implementation
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On 26-02-2016 14:33, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Feb 2016, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
>
>> There is an inherent race condition in pipe2 usage for architectures
>> that do not support the syscall directly. In such cases the a pipe plus
>
> But we don't have any such architectures after the increase in the minimum
> kernel for non-x86/x86_64. The patch should be simplified accordingly.
> (__ASSUME_PIPE2 is still relevant in non-Linux-specific files, so can't be
> removed completely from glibc.)
>
Indeed, I forgot the 3.2 clean up. I think now we can now cleanup the alpha
kernel-features that still have the tests for 2.6.33.