Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:42:05 -0800 (PST) | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: {sys_,/dev/}epoll waiting timeout |
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On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Jamie Lokier wrote:
| ps. sys_* system-call functions should never return "int". They | should always return "long" or a pointer - even if the user-space | equivalent returns "int". Take a look at sys_open() for an example. | Technical requirement of the system call return path on 64-bit targets.
Is this a blanket truism? For all architectures?
Should current (older/all) syscalls be modified, or should only new ones (like epoll) be corrected?
Thanks, -- ~Randy
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