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SubjectRe: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers)
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DAVID BALAZIC <david.balazic@uni-mb.si> said:
> > Like it or not, syscall numbers *are* policy, and the kernel should
> > not be
> > dictating policy. Therefore. the kernel should not be deciding what
> > numbers are assigned to syscalls. Q.E.D.

syscall numbers are just arbitrary descriptors, on which the kernel and
libc have to agree. That is all. No policy involved. If you say "Thou
shallst not use syscall <insert favorite syscall number here> unless thou
art root" _that_ is policy. Set by POSIX, in this case, _not_ the kernel.

> > Come on.. This has gone crazy.

Yep.

> Yes, but I still want to mention that the same is true
> for device numbers , I just wont repeat the whole paragraph :-)

Then I won't repeat mine ;-)

No policy involved here either.
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