Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:18:07 -0400 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: asm-x86/byteorder.h, CONFIG_X86_BSWAP leaks to userland |
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Arjan van de Ven wrote: \> > It is also not the kernels job to provide this sort of functionality to > userspace programs. At all. This is gcc/glibc/etc's job. > > Rule of thumb: the kernel does not provide code for compiling inside > userspace programs. > > (As opposed to providing datastructures that userspace programs can use > to talk to the kernel). >
That's a fine rule of thumb, but we have 17 years of legacy to deal with here, too.
-hpa
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