Re: [9fans] Copying pushtls(2)

[Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>]

On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 09:29:25AM -0400, David Presotto wrote:
>
> Not really.  It only works in tls/ssl/srv because the driver is
> really running in the context of the process, i.e., its not really
> fd passing, just using your own fd's.  9P doesn't have a concept
> of fd passing.  I've often wondered if it should but get scared
> of the mechanism's complexity when used across machines.
>
That's the point that forsyth raises as well.  It seems to me that one
ought to pass around more than just a numeric file descriptor and that
the right choice of representation would eliminate ambiguities and
potential failures.  But it's just a gut feel.

> You can post the fd into /srv and pass a pointer to that.  Currently,
> one can't change the owner of /srv files, but it should.

Sounds excellent.  Then I would effectively:

	echo svc /srv/svc > /dev/filter/0/ctl

to achieve the desired result?  I can certainly try that.  Thank you.

++L