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Message-ID: <47431F54.9030302@oracle.com>
Date:	Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:54:28 -0800
From:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	drepper@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 5/6] Allow setting O_NONBLOCK flag for new sockets

David Miller wrote:
> From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:53:14 -0500
> 
> FWIW, I think this indirect syscall stuff is the most ugly interface
> I've ever seen proposed for the kernel.

Well, there's no XML in /proc :) :).

But, yes, I agree that the internal code needs a lot more cleanup before
being considered for merging.

> And I agree with all of the objections raised by both H. Pater Anvin
> and Eric Dumazet.

I'm worried, too.  Do we have a stronger alternative?  I'm all ears,
this isn't really my area of expertise.

- z
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