Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add a new exec_exec_file_name RPC

Roland McGrath, le Tue 01 Jun 2010 16:22:57 -0700, a écrit : > I am not convinced that this is worth doing. Any name from anywhere is > always just a guess at what might be the right file name. There will > always be cases where you can't manage to guess it. That's why at least in the cases wher

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add a new exec_exec_file_name RPC

On 02/06/10 01:22, Roland McGrath wrote: > I am not convinced that this is worth doing. Any name from anywhere is > always just a guess at what might be the right file name. There will > always be cases where you can't manage to guess it. It is only a guess for > convenience when not secure, aft

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add a new exec_exec_file_name RPC

I am not convinced that this is worth doing. Any name from anywhere is always just a guess at what might be the right file name. There will always be cases where you can't manage to guess it. It is only a guess for convenience when not secure, after all. With fexecve, there isn't even any such

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add a new exec_exec_file_name RPC

Hi Roland, On 02/06/10 00:29, Roland McGrath wrote: > wrt new RPC: sorry, I skipped the earlier discussion. > What is this for? No problem. Let me quote myself: > Basically the problem is that in some cases the exec server can't find the > file > name of the file being executed (when it's a scr

Re: [PATCH] Check for rendezvous port death in auth server

Hi, On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 07:53:08PM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > This is a patch for the auth server to make it also return EINVAL when > the rendezvous port has died during a transaction and not only if it > is dead on arrival, as discussed earlier on IRC. > > This is probably not an

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add a new exec_exec_file_name RPC

wrt 80 columns max: just do it. wrt new RPC: sorry, I skipped the earlier discussion. What is this for? Thanks, Roland

Re: news for 2010-05

Hi, On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 10:05:51AM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > > This month Zheng Da > > [reported](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00037.html) > > on the state of porting DDE linux26 to the Hurd, which can improve > > the GNU Hurd Hardware support a lot: > >

Re: [PATCH] Use the new __hurd_exec_file_name RPC

Hi, On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 11:32:32AM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 03:50:26AM +0200, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote: > > Hm... Does glibc have a strict 80-chars-or-die policy? I always > > considered this ridiculous... > > I don't think it's strict as there are exa

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add a new exec_exec_file_name RPC

Hi, On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 11:39:42AM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 03:52:59AM +0200, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote: > > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 05:59:09PM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > > > Break these two lines. Try to stick to less than 76 columns or > > >

[PATCH] Check for rendezvous port death in auth server

* auth/auth.c (S_auth_user_authenticate,S_auth_server_authenticate): Return EINVAL if rendezvous port dies during transaction. --- Hello, This is a patch for the auth server to make it also return EINVAL when the rendezvous port has died during a transaction and not only if it is dead on arrival,

Re: [PATCH] Use the new __hurd_exec_file_name RPC

Hi, On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 03:50:26AM +0200, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote: > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 06:16:06PM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 06:26:29PM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > > > > + err = __file_exec_file_name (file, task, flags, > > > +

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add a new exec_exec_file_name RPC

Hi, On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 03:52:59AM +0200, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote: > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 05:59:09PM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:15:37AM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > > > > +kern_return_t > > > +S_exec_exec_file_name (struct trivfs_protid

news for 2010-05

Hi, I just wrote the new Month of the Hurd. Please tell me if there’s anything which should be added, removed or changed. A month of the Hurd: *dde linux26*, *thread storms*, *new live CD* and *IRC meeting schedule*. > This month Zheng Da > [reported](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-