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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:46:51 -0400 From: David Collier-Brown <davecb@....com> To: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com> Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] alternative to sys_indirect, part 1 Just FYI, if you end up looking at having to make lots of changes to a (probably user-side) interface, I did an open-source version of the "score" fast-porting tool, described at http://datacenterworks.com/stories/port.html It makes fixing annoying API changes somewhat less evil (;-)) --dave (at work) c-b Michael Kerrisk wrote: > On 4/24/08, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com> wrote: > >>The alternative to using sys_indirect is to create a whole bunch of new >> syscalls. Here the beginning. These are the socket interfaces which >> create file descriptors and therefore need a flags parameter to let >> the caller decide about setting the close-on-exit bit. > > > Ulrich, > > Could you please CC me on patches that make kernel-userland API changes. > > Cheers, > > Michael > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- David Collier-Brown | Always do right. This will gratify Sun Microsystems, Toronto | some people and astonish the rest davecb@....com | -- Mark Twain (905) 943-1983, cell: (647) 833-9377, (800) 555-9786 x56583 bridge: (877) 385-4099 code: 506 9191# -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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