Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 May 2004 07:05:15 +0200 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: [Fastboot] Re: [announce] kexec for linux 2.6.6 |
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On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 05:30:52AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 04:16:03PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > But if we need additional infrastructure to "add new syscalls via VDSO" then > > this should be in the base kernel, even if it's empty, yes? > > Linus has vetoed dynamic syscall registration a few times. And I agree > with him, dynamic syscalls are the best way to get completely crappy > interfaces.
And why not definitely assign sort of a "multiplexed syscall" entry, a la sys_socketcall() ? It could be shared by lots of non-mainline projects and have a greater chance of being stable along the time.
Cheers, Willy
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