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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0000078 | 1003.1(2008)/Issue 7 | Base Definitions and Headers | public | 2009-06-29 08:47 | 2013-04-16 13:06 |
| Reporter | geoffclare | Assigned To | ajosey | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | Objection | Type | Error |
| Status | Closed | Resolution | Accepted | ||
| Name | Geoff Clare | ||||
| Organization | The Open Group | ||||
| User Reference | |||||
| Section | fcntl.h | ||||
| Page Number | 240 | ||||
| Line Number | 7874-7879 | ||||
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| Final Accepted Text | |||||
| Summary | 0000078: grouping of creation/other O_* flags | ||||
| Description | OBJECTION Enhancement Request Number 1 gwc:xxxxxxxxxxxxx Bug in XBDd5.1 fcntl.h (rdvk# 1) [gwc mtk fcntl] Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:37:35 +0100 _____________________________________________________________________________ The <fcntl.h> spec describes various groups of flags for open() and openat(). Among them, the file creation flags at lines 7826 to 7834: === The <fcntl.h> header shall define the following symbolic constants as file creation flags for use in the oflag value to open() and openat(). The values shall be bitwise-distinct and shall be suitable for use in #if preprocessing directives. O_CREAT Create file if it does not exist. O_EXCL Exclusive use flag. O_NOCTTY Do not assign controlling terminal. O_TRUNC Truncate flag. O_TTY_INIT Set the termios structure terminal parameters to conforming behavior; see Section 11.2 (on page 205). === Further down, AT LINES 7874 TO 7879, there is the following text describing "other" FLAGS: === The <fcntl.h> header shall define the following symbolic constants as values for the flag used by open( ) and openat( ): O_CLOEXEC The FD_CLOEXEC flag associated with the new descriptor shall be set to close the file descriptor upon execution of an exec family function. O_DIRECTORY Fail if not a directory. O_NOFOLLOW Do not follow symbolic links. === There are two problems I see here: a) The wording in the second passage is inconsistent with that in the first passage. It should make clear that those flags are to be inclusively ORed in 'oflag'. b) The other point, which is what led me to raise this report, is that the spec is unclear on what the real difference is between these two groups of flags. Should they not all in fact be considered as one group. (For example, it's hard for me to understand why O_DIRECTORY is in one group, while say O_EXCL is in the other.) | ||||
| Desired Action | Delete lines 7874 to 7875. Relocate the flags described in the list at lines 7876 to 7879 (O_CLOEXEC, O_DIRECTORY and O_NOFOLLOW) into the list at lines 7829 to 7834 (O_CREAT through O_TTY_INIT). | ||||
| Tags | tc1-2008 | ||||
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-06-29 08:47 | geoffclare | New Issue | |
| 2009-06-29 08:47 | geoffclare | Status | New => Under Review |
| 2009-06-29 08:47 | geoffclare | Assigned To | => ajosey |
| 2009-06-29 08:47 | geoffclare | Name | => Geoff Clare |
| 2009-06-29 08:47 | geoffclare | Organization | => The Open Group |
| 2009-06-29 08:47 | geoffclare | Section | => fcntl.h |
| 2009-06-29 08:47 | geoffclare | Page Number | => 240 |
| 2009-06-29 08:47 | geoffclare | Line Number | => 7874-7879 |
| 2009-06-29 08:53 | geoffclare | Status | Under Review => Resolved |
| 2009-06-29 08:53 | geoffclare | Resolution | Open => Accepted |
| 2009-06-29 08:54 | geoffclare | Tag Attached: real bug in aardvark | |
| 2009-08-06 15:41 | geoffclare | Tag Detached: real bug in aardvark | |
| 2010-08-19 16:56 | ajosey | Tag Attached: tc1 | |
| 2010-08-27 10:36 | ajosey | Tag Renamed | tc1 => tc1-2008 |
| 2011-05-13 15:13 | eblake | Relationship added | related to 0000432 |
| 2013-04-16 13:06 | ajosey | Status | Resolved => Closed |
