Re: [PATCH] nextfd(2)

[KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxx>]

(4/4/12 9:43 AM), Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 12:38, KOSAKI Motohiro<kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > As far as I understand, any major open source project don't use
> > posix_spawn().
> > Please remind, I'm talking about real world issue.
>
> This doesn't mean they shouldn't.  If you require code to be changed
> anyway let them change to something which doesn't require more cruft
> in the kernel.  The limitations you cited are irrelevant for
> posix_spawn.  And perhaps there will be actually spawn support in the
> kernel which would make dealing with OOM situations and non-overcommit
> much easier.

Umm... I'm sorry. I haven't catch why OOM is related topic. Could you please
elaborate more?


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