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title="NEW - Do not rely on memfd as it requires a fairly recent kernel"
href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766341">766341</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Do not rely on memfd as it requires a fairly recent kernel
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<th>Classification</th>
<td>Platform
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<th>Product</th>
<td>gtk+
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<th>Version</th>
<td>3.20.x
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Linux
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>Normal
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Backend: Wayland
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>gtk-bugs@gtk.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>emanuele.aina@collabora.com
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<th>QA Contact</th>
<td>gtk-bugs@gtk.org
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<th>CC</th>
<td>rob@robster.org.uk, wayland-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<pre>In the 3.19.x cycle the Wayland backend has been switched to memfd_create() to
avoid a number of issue with tmpdir[1]. Unfortunately memfd_create() is
available only from linux 3.17, while Debian stable (and many others) are stuck
with 3.16 or earlier.
Reintroducing the old mechanism as a fallback if memfd_create() fails would be
great.
[1] <a href="https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?id=df70e28d92e7c">https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?id=df70e28d92e7c</a></pre>
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