Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:13:05 -0500 (EST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] kernel tinification: optionally compile out splice family of syscalls (splice, vmsplice, tee and sendfile) | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:17:58 -0800
> Is the splice family of syscalls the only one that tiny has identified > for optional building or can we expect similar treatment for other > syscalls? > > Why will many embedded systems not need these syscalls? You know > exactly what apps they run and you are positive that those apps do > not use splice?
I think starting to compile out system calls is a very slippery slope we should not begin the journey down.
This changes the forward facing interface to userspace.
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