linux-kernel - Re: Suggestion: LKM should be able to add system call for itself

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Date:	Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:16:21 +0200
From:	"Bart Van Assche" <bart.vanassche@...il.com>
To:	"Jinkai Gao" <mickeygjk@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>,
	"Jan Engelhardt" <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
Subject: Re: Suggestion: LKM should be able to add system call for itself

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Jinkai Gao <mickeygjk@...il.com> wrote:
> Why the number of system calls is growing? because the kernel is
> growing. why we don't use the alternatives to implement the new need
> for system calls? Because it doesn't make any sense. We can't ignore
> the kernel modules' need for system calls just because they are
> loadable.

Arjan and Jan have already explained in detail why adding system calls
dynamically is troublesome.

Bart.
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