Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:42:45 -0800 | Subject | Re: Compat 32-bit syscall entry from 64-bit task!? |
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On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 1:30 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > > I would have assumed it would be a new register set (which could be > expanded in the future if we have additional system information to provide.)
Well, I really don't think we want to expose much. In fact, I'd argue we should expose as little as humanly possible.
Which at this point is literally just a single bit (and effectively another bit to say "we support the new feature").
So...
Linus
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