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Re: [PATCH] locks: rename file-private locks to file-description locks
- From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com>
- To: Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead dot org>
- Cc: mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com, Rich Felker <dalias at libc dot org>, Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat dot com>, linux-fsdevel at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org, samba-technical at lists dot samba dot org, Ganesha NFS List <nfs-ganesha-devel at lists dot sourceforge dot net>, Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, "Stefan (metze) Metzmacher" <metze at samba dot org>
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:39:43 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] locks: rename file-private locks to file-description locks
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On 04/21/2014 08:34 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 08:32:44PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> So, can you *please* answer this question: what do you call (i.e.,
>> what everyday technical language term do use for) the thing
>> that sits between a file descriptor and an i-node?
>
> An open file.
Not an unambiguous, widely understood term.
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Michael Kerrisk
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