Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:37:06 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance |
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On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 bart@etpmod.phys.tue.nl wrote: > > True, but unless I really don't get it, compatibility of a new static > binary with an old kernel is going to break anyway.
NO.
The current code in 2.5.x is perfectly able to be 100% compatible with binaries even on old kernels. This whole discussion is _totally_ pointless. I solved all the glibc problems early on, and Uli is already happy with the interfaces, and they work fine for old kernels that don't have a clue about the new system call interfaces.
WITHOUT any new magic system calls.
WITHOUT any stupid SIGSEGV tricks.
WITHOUT and silly mmap()'s on magic files.
> My point was that the double-mapped page trick adds no overhead in the > case of a static binary, and just one extra mmap in case of a shared > binary.
For _zero_ gain. The jump to the library address has to be indirect anyway, and glibc has several places to put the information without any mmap's or anything like that.
Linus
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