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Message-Id: <20100315.120004.209998642.davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:00:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: drepper@...hat.com
Cc: hpa@...or.com, ralf@...ux-mips.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
kernel@...savvy.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
munroesj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: 64-syscall args on 32-bit vs syscall()
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:00:55 -0700
> On 03/15/2010 08:13 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> One option would be to do a libkernel.so,
>
> No need. Put it in the vdso. And name it something other than syscall.
> The syscall() API is fixed, you cannot change it.
>
> All this only if it makes sense for ALL archs. If it cannot work for
> just one arch then it's not worth it at all.
There are many archs that still lack VDSO.
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