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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:51:27 +0100
From: Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com>
To: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: max_loop limit
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 02:33:14PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> Correction: current ABI is crap.  To set the thing up you need to open
> it and issue an ioctl.  Which is a bloody bad idea, for obvious reasons...

Agreed.  What would be a right way?  Global device ala ptmx/tun/tap?
New syscall?  Something else?

  OG.