Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:05:40 -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: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:58:06 -0500
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 01:24:45PM -0500, David Miller wrote: >> >> And then if some fundamental part of userland (glibc, klibc, etc.) finds >> a useful way to use splice for a fundamental operation, we're back to >> square one. > > I'll note that the applications for these super-tiny kernels are > places where it's not likely they would be using glibc at all; think > very tiny embedded systems. The userspace tends to be highly > restricted for the same space reasons why there is an effort to make > the kernel as small as possible.
This is why I mentioned klibc, in order to avoid replies like your's, it seems I have failed.
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