linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] eventfd, signalfd, timerfd, epoll

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Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:27:22 -0700
From:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
To:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eventfd, signalfd, timerfd, epoll_create w/flags

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Davide Libenzi wrote:

> Ok, I asked this myself for about ten minutes, than I gave up. But why 
> sys_epoll_createp() instead of sys_epoll_create2()? There MUST be a reason 
> to deviate from the standard of all the other ones...

I used the number at the end for syscalls which aren't visible at
userlevel.  There they are useful indicating the number of arguments.
At userlevel I personally find it less than optimal but I'd have no
problem changing it to epoll_create2.

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➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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