[ast-developers] O_TMPFILE on Linux

[ольга крыжановская]

Glenn, please have a look at http://heise.de/-1930713 The article
describes a new openat() flag for Linux to create temporary files via
O_TMPFILE.

Olga

[Glenn Fowler]

Post by ольга крыжановская
Glenn, please have a look at http://heise.de/-1930713 The article
describes a new openat() flag for Linux to create temporary files via
O_TMPFILE.

and then there's

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1759856

but its good to keep in mind

[Roland Mainz]

Post by Glenn Fowler

Post by ольга крыжановская
Glenn, please have a look at http://heise.de/-1930713 The article
describes a new openat() flag for Linux to create temporary files via
O_TMPFILE.

and then there's
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1759856

Right... IMO we should wait... well... we have to wait anyway since
this is the current development kernel and it will take some time
before we see it in SuSE Linux ... until then |O_TMPFILE| should've
matured a bit...

Post by Glenn Fowler
but its good to keep in mind

... and add it to the fcntl.c probe system...

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Bye,
Roland