Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:00:36 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][v7][PATCH 8/9]: Define clone2() syscall |
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On 09/29/2009 12:02 PM, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:44:52 -0700 > "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > >> On 09/29/2009 11:40 AM, Roland McGrath wrote: >>> Why add a new syscall at all instead of just using a new CLONE_* >>> flag to indicate that the argument layout is different? >> >> What an absolutely atrociously bad idea. >> >> We already have a syscall layer which is painful to thunk in places, >> and this would make it much worse. >> > syscalls are cheap as well. > cheaper than decades of dealing with such multiplexer mess ;/ >
It really comes down to wanting all the dispatch to happen in one central place.
-hpa
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