linux_dsm_epyc7002/net
Michael Kerrisk 2d4c826677 sys_paccept: disable paccept() until API design is resolved
The reasons for disabling paccept() are as follows:

* The API is more complex than needed.  There is AFAICS no demonstrated
  use case that the sigset argument of this syscall serves that couldn't
  equally be served by the use of pselect/ppoll/epoll_pwait + traditional
  accept().  Roland seems to concur with this opinion
  (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/723953/focus=732255).  I
  have (more than once) asked Ulrich to explain otherwise
  (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/723952/focus=731018), but he
  does not respond, so one is left to assume that he doesn't know of such
  a case.

* The use of a sigset argument is not consistent with other I/O APIs
  that can block on a single file descriptor (e.g., read(), recv(),
  connect()).

* The behavior of paccept() when interrupted by a signal is IMO strange:
  the kernel restarts the system call if SA_RESTART was set for the
  handler.  I think that it should not do this -- that it should behave
  consistently with paccept()/ppoll()/epoll_pwait(), which never restart,
  regardless of SA_RESTART.  The reasoning here is that the very purpose
  of paccept() is to wait for a connection or a signal, and that
  restarting in the latter case is probably never useful.  (Note: Roland
  disagrees on this point, believing that rather paccept() should be
  consistent with accept() in its behavior wrt EINTR
  (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/723953/focus=732255).)

I believe that instead, a simpler API, consistent with Ulrich's other
recent additions, is preferable:

accept4(int fd, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t *salen, ind flags);

(This simpler API was originally proposed by Ulrich:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/92072)

If this simpler API is added, then if we later decide that the sigset
argument really is required, then a suitable bit in 'flags' could be added
to indicate the presence of the sigset argument.

At this point, I am hoping we either will get a counter-argument from
Ulrich about why we really do need paccept()'s sigset argument, or that he
will resubmit the original accept4() patch.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Cc: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-09-23 08:09:14 -07:00
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9p flag parameters: socket and socketpair 2008-07-24 10:47:27 -07:00
802 list_for_each_rcu must die: networking 2008-07-25 10:53:27 -07:00
8021q netdev: Handle ->addr_list_lock just like ->_xmit_lock for lockdep. 2008-07-22 14:16:42 -07:00
appletalk net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON 2008-07-25 21:43:18 -07:00
atm atm: fix const assignment/discard warnings in the ATM networking driver 2008-07-30 16:31:46 -07:00
ax25 AX.25: Fix sysctl registration if !CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_SLAVE 2008-08-05 18:46:57 -07:00
bluetooth [Bluetooth] Fix regression from using default link policy 2008-09-12 03:11:54 +02:00
bridge bridge: don't allow setting hello time to zero 2008-09-08 13:46:54 -07:00
can netns: Use net_eq() to compare net-namespaces for optimization. 2008-07-19 22:34:43 -07:00
core netdev: simple_tx_hash shouldn't hash inside fragments 2008-09-20 22:05:50 -07:00
dccp dccp: Fix panic caused by too early termination of retransmission mechanism 2008-08-18 21:14:20 -07:00
decnet netns: Use net_eq() to compare net-namespaces for optimization. 2008-07-19 22:34:43 -07:00
econet netns: Use net_eq() to compare net-namespaces for optimization. 2008-07-19 22:34:43 -07:00
ethernet [NET]: Return more appropriate error from eth_validate_addr(). 2008-04-13 22:45:40 -07:00
ieee80211 wext: Emit event stream entries correctly when compat. 2008-06-16 18:50:49 -07:00
ipv4 udp: Fix rcv socket locking 2008-09-15 11:48:46 -07:00
ipv6 ipv6: Fix OOPS in ip6_dst_lookup_tail(). 2008-09-09 13:51:35 -07:00
ipx netns: Use net_eq() to compare net-namespaces for optimization. 2008-07-19 22:34:43 -07:00
irda Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-07-20 17:43:29 -07:00
iucv Merge branch 'linus' into cpus4096-for-linus 2008-07-21 17:19:50 +02:00
key net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON 2008-07-25 21:43:18 -07:00
lapb [LAPB] net/lapb/lapb_iface.c: use LIST_HEAD instead of LIST_HEAD_INIT 2008-01-28 14:56:52 -08:00
llc netns: Use net_eq() to compare net-namespaces for optimization. 2008-07-19 22:34:43 -07:00
mac80211 Revert "mac80211: Use IWEVASSOCREQIE instead of IWEVCUSTOM" 2008-09-05 12:38:09 -07:00
netfilter netfilter: nf_conntrack_irc: make sure string is terminated before calling simple_strtoul 2008-09-07 18:21:24 -07:00
netlabel netns: Use net_eq() to compare net-namespaces for optimization. 2008-07-19 22:34:43 -07:00
netlink net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON 2008-07-25 21:43:18 -07:00
netrom netdev: Handle ->addr_list_lock just like ->_xmit_lock for lockdep. 2008-07-22 14:16:42 -07:00
packet net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON 2008-07-25 21:43:18 -07:00
rfkill net: rfkill: add missing line break 2008-08-26 20:06:31 -04:00
rose netdev: Handle ->addr_list_lock just like ->_xmit_lock for lockdep. 2008-07-22 14:16:42 -07:00
rxrpc net/rxrpc: Use an IS_ERR test rather than a NULL test 2008-08-13 02:40:48 -07:00
sched warn: Turn the netdev timeout WARN_ON() into a WARN() 2008-09-16 19:39:33 -07:00
sctp sctp: Fix oops when INIT-ACK indicates that peer doesn't support AUTH 2008-09-18 16:28:27 -07:00
sunrpc sunrpc: fix possible overrun on read of /proc/sys/sunrpc/transports 2008-09-01 14:24:24 -04:00
tipc tipc: Don't use structure names which easily globally conflict. 2008-09-02 23:38:32 -07:00
unix Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2008-07-26 20:23:44 -07:00
wanrouter wanmain.c doesn't need syncppp.h 2008-07-23 23:00:36 +02:00
wireless net/wireless/Kconfig: clarify the description for CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS 2008-09-02 15:03:19 -04:00
x25 netns: Use net_eq() to compare net-namespaces for optimization. 2008-07-19 22:34:43 -07:00
xfrm ipsec: Restore larval states and socket policies in dump 2008-09-09 05:23:37 -07:00
compat.c flag parameters: paccept 2008-07-24 10:47:27 -07:00
Kconfig net: Make "networking" one-click deselectable. 2008-07-30 03:27:53 -07:00
Makefile vlan: uninline __vlan_hwaccel_rx 2008-07-08 03:23:36 -07:00
nonet.c
socket.c sys_paccept: disable paccept() until API design is resolved 2008-09-23 08:09:14 -07:00
sysctl_net.c missing bits of net-namespace / sysctl 2008-07-27 09:45:34 -07:00
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