Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:35:18 -0600 | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] syscalls: define and explain goal to not call syscalls in the kernel |
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On Sun, 25 Mar 2018 18:25:27 +0200 Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> wrote:
> As there have been multiple inquiries on the rationale of my patchsets > removing in-kernel calls to sys_xyzzy(), here is an updated patch 01/NN > which I will push upstream for v4.17-rc1. I will also include a reference > to this mail (and therefore to the explanation below) in all related > patches of the series. Any improvements, hints, suggestions, spelling > fixes, and/or objections?
I have no objections to the text, but I do wonder about the placement. The "adding syscalls" document isn't about *invoking* them; I suspect that few people will see it there. The coding-style document isn't quite right either, but I wonder if it might not be a better place in the short term?
What we may really need is an "assorted rules" document that sits near coding style; we can put stuff like this text, "volatile considered harmful", and so on there.
Thanks,
jon
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