Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH][RFC] global errno considered harmful | From | Andreas Schwab <> | Date | 31 Dec 2001 17:48:09 +0100 |
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Ralf Baechle <ralf@uni-koblenz.de> writes:
|> On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 05:10:41PM -0500, Brian Gerst wrote: |> |> > > As user application are trying to use unistd.h and expect errno to get |> > > set properly unistd.h or at least it's syscallX macros will have to be |> > > made unusable from userspace or silent breakage of such apps rebuild |> > > against new headers will occur. |> > |> > Userspace should be using glibc's unistd.h. If it's using the kernel's, |> > it's broken. |> |> A sufficient number take the unavailability of new syscall in everybody's |> glibc as a sufficient excuse for broken code. util-linux as a major |> offender comes to mind or also e2fsprogs.
Userspace should be using syscall(2/3) for new syscalls.
Andreas.
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