Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Jun 2003 14:48:21 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Is sys_sysfs used? |
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On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Patrick Mochel wrote:
> > In fs/filesystems.c, we have sys_sysfs: > > /* > * Whee.. Weird sysv syscall. > */ > asmlinkage long sys_sysfs(int option, unsigned long arg1, unsigned long arg2) > { > ... > } > > Which is, as advertised, kinda weird. > > I see that only one architecture defines __NR_sysfs: x86-64, though it > appears most architectures mention it in arch/*/kernel/entry.S (or > equivalent). > > Is it used anymore? Would it be possible to remove it? > > > -pat
But what would you use as a place-holder?? There are lots of unused sys-calls (break, acct, lock, mpx, etc). You certainly can't be running out of numbers, and you certainly can't remove a number and change everything else, you'll not get up, even with static-linked files!
Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it.
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