linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Common compat_sys

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Date:	Mon, 8 Jan 2007 18:29:33 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...isc-linux.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	parisc-linux@...ts.parisc-linux.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Common compat_sys_sysinfo (v2)

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 06:54:26 +0100 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>
> > People have complined before that this adds a whole stack frame to the
> > "normal" syscall path.  Personally I don't care, but it has been
> > mentioned.
>
> It might be a concern for something like 'read' which is called frequently
> and in strange ways, but for 'sysinfo' this really should not matter.

Absolutely true.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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