Re: [PATCH] minor socket ioctl cleanup for 2.5.30

[Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 08:33:20AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
>    From: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>    Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:24:19 +1000 (EST)
> 
>    Suggested by Matthew Wilcox, the patch below consolidates FIOSETOWN etc. 
>    ioctl handling into the socket layer, making it common for all sockets.
> 
> Do we really want to do this?  What if some socket family either
> doesn't want to support it or wants to handle it differently?

I rather think we do.  It's analagous to saying "What if some filesystem
either doesn't want to support it or wants to handle it differently?"
-- tough!  This is unix and filesystems (socket families) support this.

have you read forsyth's paper "Sending UNIX to the Fat Farm"?
http://www.caldo.demon.co.uk/doc/taste.pdf
Section 3.3 is relevant here ... though I think you'll find great
amusement in his other criticisms of solaris.

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