On 09/01, Christian Brauner wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 01, 2020 at 06:23:10PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > > On 08/31, Christian Brauner wrote: > > > > > > --- /dev/null > > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h > > > @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ > > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */ > > > + > > > +#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_PIDFD_H > > > +#define _UAPI_LINUX_PIDFD_H > > > + > > > +#include <linux/types.h> > > > +#include <linux/fcntl.h> > > > + > > > +/* Flags for pidfd_open(). */ > > > +#define PIDFD_NONBLOCK O_NONBLOCK > > > + > > > +#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_PIDFD_H */ > > > > Why? Can't we simply use O_NONBLOCK ? > > It's the same thing we seem to do for any other (anon inode) fds: > > include/linux/eventfd.h:#define EFD_NONBLOCK O_NONBLOCK > include/uapi/linux/inotify.h:#define IN_NONBLOCK O_NONBLOCK > include/uapi/linux/signalfd.h:#define SFD_NONBLOCK O_NONBLOCK > include/uapi/linux/timerfd.h:#define TFD_NONBLOCK O_NONBLOCK > > also for O_CLOEXEC: > > include/linux/eventfd.h:#define EFD_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC > include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h:#define UFFD_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC > include/uapi/linux/eventpoll.h:#define EPOLL_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC > include/uapi/linux/mount.h:#define OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC > include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h:#define PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC (1UL << 3) /* O_CLOEXEC */ > include/uapi/linux/signalfd.h:#define SFD_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC > include/uapi/linux/timerfd.h:#define TFD_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC > > So I think we should just do the same. Hmm, OK, then I have to agree. > A clean flag namespace seems > nicer to me too tbh. Disagree but this doesn't matter ;) Oleg.