Thread (20 messages) flat view 20 messages, 5 authors, 2012-08-14

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] net: connect to UNIX sockets from specified root

From: Alan Cox <hidden>
Date: 2012-08-10 18:22:32
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On that whole subject...

Do we need a Unix domain socket equivalent to openat()?
I don't think so. The name is just a file system indexing trick, it's not
really the socket proper. It's little more than "ascii string with
permissions attached" - indeed we also support an abstract name space
which for a lot of uses is actually more convenient.

AF_UNIX between roots raises some interesting semantic questions when you
begin passing file descriptors down them as well.

Alan
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