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Message-Id: <1166039179.27217.883.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Date:	Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:46:19 +0100
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Teunis Peters <teunis@...tersgift.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Question: removal of syscall macros?

On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 10:51 -0800, Teunis Peters wrote:
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> Now that syscall macros have been pulled from the -mm tree, what method
> is recommended to use syscalls?
> 
> (I've wasted a day grubbing through sources before giving up and copying
> the old syscall macros into one key driver)
> 
> _syscall macros are used by:
> ATI driver  (no choice.  I'm working with laptops)

.. which uses it to call mprotect() from inside the driver. That's a
nice security hole right there... better ask ATI to fix it urgently :)


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