linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] unify sys

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Date:	Sat, 3 May 2008 11:40:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] unify sys_pipe implementation



On Sat, 3 May 2008, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> 
> Some arch maintainers might want to take a look at their remaining
> special versions.  The cris version, for instance, only differs from
> the generic version in that it takes the BKL.  Is this still needed
> these days?

No, definitely not.

That said, I think that in order to not break other architectures, and to 
make it even easier to do this transformation, how about we just mark the 
generic version with __weak?

That way, odd architectures can just continue to call their own versions 
"sys_pipe()", and we don't break them unnecessarily.

		Linus
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