Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:46:48 -0700 | From | Tom Rini <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] export syscalls |
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On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 10:14:51PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > In article <100000000.1004038404@changeling.engr.sgi.com> you wrote: > > * frm hch@caldera.de "10/25/2001 05:25:40 PM +0000" | sed '1,$s/^/* /' > > * > > * Hi Linus, > > * > > * the appended patch exports the syscalls (GPL-limited), this is needed > > * for the Linux-ABI modules so they can use the syscalls in their > > * syscall tables for non-Linux personalities. > > > > > > What is the rationale for marking these as GPL-exclusive symbols ? > > > > I thought system calls were a public interface. > > That won't change, but the syscalls are exported GPL-only for _inkernel_ > users. My first version of the patch didn't do that, but people think > that they can cause to much pain when used incorrectly, and that is > checkable only with non-binary-only modules.
So since some people can't do something we should punish everyone? If binary-only module crashes and burns, other people aren't going to fix it anyhow.
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