Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 6/7] remove all remaining _syscallX macros | Date | Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:53:11 +0200 |
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> /usr/include/linux is _not_ a place to dump "reference code" in lieu of > documentation on using kernel interfaces.
At least for the system call interface it was always. It is not my fault you're trying to suddenly redefine it to be something else.
> > Besides, the _syscallX implementations in the kernel were generally > unsuitable for use
I disagree. I used them and they worked great for me.
> in that way anyway -- I'd be much more inclined to > rely on the libc version. The kernel version would do strange things > like break with PIC code by using an unavailable register (i386), > misalign 64-bit syscall arguments on 32-bit machines (MIPS), etc.
The glibc versions would do similar things. Just try to use a 6 argument call on i386 for once.
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