From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755751Ab1CHQhU (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:37:20 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:12760 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751871Ab1CHQhN (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:37:13 -0500 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <20110308152518.074d0996@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> References: <20110308152518.074d0996@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20110307160042.2ddc8e65@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20110307150208.28218.89348.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <20110307150218.28218.84916.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <14977.1299596999@redhat.com> To: Alan Cox Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, keyrings@linux-nfs.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Define ENONAMESERVICE and ENAMEUNKNOWN to indicate name service errors Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:37:01 +0000 Message-ID: <17429.1299602221@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > I was wondering if at least there was some co-ordination going on so that > functions like perror() produced sensible answers. Otherwise it's > debatable if its actually an improvement for the poor end user ? Fair point. That's why I cc'd the messages to linux-api@, but I'm not sure who actually reads it, besides Michael Kerrisk. I guess it's probably a good idea to wave my suggestions on the glibc list at least. David