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SubjectRe: RFD: x32 ABI system call numbers
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On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 8:40 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> #define __NR_x32__sysctl

Do we really want sysctl?

Some quotes from it's man-page:
"Do not use this system call! See NOTES."

"Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using
syscall(2).

Or rather... don't call it: use of this system call has long been
discouraged, and it is so unloved that it
is likely to disappear in a future kernel version. Remove it from
your programs now; use the /proc/sys
interface instead."

--
Thanks,
//richard


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