lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2005]   [May]   [16]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH 7/8] ppc64: SPU file system
On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 12:22:56AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Dinsdag 17 Mai 2005 00:27, Greg KH wrote:
> > Huh? ?We can handle syscalls in modules these days pretty simply. ?Look
> > at how nfs and others do it.
>
> Well afaics, nfs works around this issue by having fs/nfsctl.o always
> as a builtin and abstract the calls through a file system using
> read/write. That would be Ben's idea again, i.e. not actually
> using a system call.
>
> The only widely used module that I'm aware of ever implementing a system
> call was the TUX web accelerator that that used a hack in entry.S
> and its own dynamic registration.

Sorry, but I was thinking of the cond_syscall() stuff, to allow syscalls
in modules or code that just happens to not be built into the kernel.

thanks,

greg k-h
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-05-17 00:53    [W:0.096 / U:0.500 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site