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Date:	Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:42:05 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sys_indirect or many syscalls?

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 11:27:46PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> I still think the sys_indirect method is the best since it avoids bloat
> in the number of system calls.

The same could be (and had been) said about ioctl(2)...
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