Re: openat/fstatat functions implementation

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

On Sep 17, 2009, at 9:29 AM, Adam Hamsik wrote:

> Hi,
>
> ZFS uses openat/fstatat[1] function as a thread-safe version of a  
> open/fstat calls. These functions are part of a POSIX definition.  
> Attached patch add support for openat and fstatat system calls.  
> After initial commit I would like to add support for all other *at  
> system calls but currently only openat and fstatat are needed for  
> zfs. This patch needs more testing still, I'm building distribution  
> with it and I'm going to test it later.
>
> Do you have any comments ?

why no versions of unlink or rename or lstat?  It seems to me that you  
really want to solve the problem for all fs-related calls, not just  
open and fstat.

I agree the naming sucks.

Also make sure to add netbsd32 support as well.