Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 6/7] remove all remaining _syscallX macros | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:37:27 +0200 |
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On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 11:00 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 10:53 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > > /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. > > I'm trying to 'suddenly redefine' kernel headers as something that > _isn't_ just a library of random crap for people to abuse in userspace > as they see fit, then whine when something breaks even though it was > never really guaranteed to work when abused in that way anyway. > > So far, you're just reminding me why that needed to be done. > > > > Besides, the _syscallX implementations in the kernel were generally > > > unsuitable for use [as a reference implementation] > > > > I disagree. I used them and they worked great for me.
the x86_64 macros use the VDSO page? great! I didn't know that. But that would make them unusable for kernel use I suspect...
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