Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Apparently windows doesn't even support it, at least not mingw.... Assuming that the above was a misunderstanding, assuming that we can do O_CLOEXEC (but not FD_CLOEXEC) on Windows just fine, where stray file descriptors held open in the children matter more, and ... > In contrast, O_NOATIME isn't a maintenance problem, since it's purely > an optimization and has no semantic difference, so it not existing on > some platform is immaterial. ... assuming that I didn't screw up my use of fcntl() to set O_NOATIME on a fd opened with O_CLOEXEC, are you OK with the approach in patch *1*? We can drop *2* to keep O_NOATIME, which has been working for those with old kernels with many loose objects, and it is not too much code to keep. *1* http://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqh97w38gj.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *2* http://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqd1ik38f4.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx