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Date:	Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:37:27 +0200
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk, akpm@...l.org,
	chase.venters@...entec.com, B.Steinbrink@....de, jdike@...toit.com,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] remove all remaining _syscallX macros

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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