On 10 Jun 1999, Chris G. Demetriou wrote:

: * fixing it wastes both kernel code space and pipe() execution cycles.
: granted, not much of either, but some of each.

If `fixing it' means calling socketpair() from userspace and doing any
necessary frobbing there, it actually means *reducing* kernel size (...and
relegating pipe(2) to COMPAT_14).

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