linux-kernel - Re: A simpler variant on sys

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Date:	Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:09:34 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	linux@...izon.com, davidel@...ilserver.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: A simpler variant on sys_indirect?

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> The batching has serious problems, not the least of which is that it's a 
> fundamentally more complex interface, and introduces issues like "how do 
> we pass values from one system call to the next". 
> 

Why, we obviously need a Turing-complete language running in kernel 
space (interpreted, of course, to keep it secure.)  Pretty soon we can 
run the whole app in it, and we'll have to have a JIT to make it suck on 
less.  Since it's going to need caffeine, we can call it "Java."

	-hpa

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