On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Steven Stewart-Gallus <sstewartgallus00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > For system calls such as openat I might wish to use the value -1 for > the directory file descriptor parameter to indicate that a path passed > in must be an absolute path. However, it has occurred to me that such > a usage isn't defined by POSIX and isn't safe for the future. In the > future -1 may be taken to be used for some other special purpose. I > would like a solution for that problem. > > It'd be nice if we could define a constant (maybe call it AT_FDNODIR) > to maybe -1 that is set aside to mean that no directory is to be used > and that will not ever be ever used for some other purpose in the > future. I like this. Want to submit a patch? --Andy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
