[systemd-devel] [PATCH] Patches for lockfile code

[Colin Walters]

On Tue, May 5, 2015, at 11:15 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 08:57:56PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > I'm planning to use the code in ostree (via libglnx), here's a few minor patches for systemd's lockfile code.
> 
> 1/3 is useful, applied.
> 2/3 is OK, but is useless on it's own.
> 3/3 makes the code uglier, without other benefits ;) It doesn't
> actually simplify anything, right? We don't want to apply patches to
> make it easier to export code, unless they have some positive impact
> on their own.

There are security/speed benefits to using the `*at()` family of functions;
the patch doesn't currently change any of the codepaths that use lockfiles in
systemd today to use it, but I could imagine some in the future.

Not a big deal though either way, if someone wants it later maybe they'll
find it in the archives, or retype it.