2.6.32 merge window, part 3

2.6.32 merge window, part 3

Posted Oct 1, 2009 12:04 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
Parent article: 2.6.32 merge window, part 3

The fcntl() system call supports new F_SETOWN_EX and F_GETOWN_EX operations.

What astonishingly horrible nondescriptive names. Better names spring to mind instantly: F_SETOWN_THREADSIG / F_GETOWN_THREADSIG perhaps.

Had the author of that patch been using the Win32 API too much recently?

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