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SubjectRe: [PATCH] eventfd, signalfd, timerfd, epoll_create w/flags
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Davide Libenzi wrote:

> Ok, I asked this myself for about ten minutes, than I gave up. But why
> sys_epoll_createp() instead of sys_epoll_create2()? There MUST be a reason
> to deviate from the standard of all the other ones...

I used the number at the end for syscalls which aren't visible at
userlevel. There they are useful indicating the number of arguments.
At userlevel I personally find it less than optimal but I'd have no
problem changing it to epoll_create2.

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➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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