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SubjectRe: [patch 2/4] [RFC] syscalls, x86: Add __NR_kcmp syscall v4
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KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> writes:

> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:17:16 +0400
> Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:04:19PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> > On 01/23/2012 10:47 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> Why under /arch ?
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > Hi Kame,
>> > >
>> > > because I've tested it under x86 only. Once someone
>> > > confirm it's needed on some else arch and does work
>> > > as expected -- it wont be a problem to make it system
>> > > wide. Until then -- I think better to stick with
>> > > at least tested case.
>> > > ...
>> >
>> > That's not a reason to put it in arch/ ... that's possibly a reason to
>> > not map the system call on other architectures yet.
>> >
>>
>> Where it should live then? In kernel/ or mm/ ?
>>
>
> kernel/checkpoint_restart ?
>
> gathering related changes to a directory may help developpers joins later....
> To me, this makes seeing git log easy ;)

kernel/

The dominant use may be checkpoint restart but the code is not at all
checkpoint restart specific.

Eric


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