Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Linus Torvalds) | Subject | Re: [RFC] Wine speedup through kernel module | Date | 15 Sep 2000 13:59:39 -0700 |
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In article <20000911130248Z129203-383+2507@vger.kernel.org>, David Howells <David.Howells@nexor.co.uk> wrote: > >Oliver Neukum <Oliver.Neukum@lrz.uni-muenchen.de> wrote: >> > (3) Even if it was... just filling in the syscall slot from a module means >> > that it is possible for the module to be unloaded whilst the syscall is in >> > use.
Note that all this is not the problem.
The problem is that dynamic system calls are not going to happen.
Why?
License issues. I will not allow system calls to be added from modules. Because I do not think that adding a system call is a valid thing for a module to do. It's that easy.
It's the old thing about "hooks". You must not sidestep the GPL by just putting a hook in place. And dynamic system calls are the ultimate hook.
Linus
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