linux-kernel - Re: 64-syscall args on 32-bit vs syscall()

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Date:	Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:52:27 -0700
From:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
CC:	munroesj@...ibm.com, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...savvy.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: 64-syscall args on 32-bit vs syscall()

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On 03/16/2010 05:31 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> My proposal is purely a change to the syscall()
> function, nothing else. No kernel change, no ABI change, no change to
> the way glibc normally calls syscalls internally, etc...

How can this be?  People are today actively working around the problem
of 64-bit arguments.  You have to break something since you cannot
recognize these situations.  And since it became meanwhile clear that
there is no way to "fix" all archs magically I really don't want to
introduce anything.  There are mechanisms in place to abstract out some
of the issues.  And for the rest, well, if you're using syscalls
directly you already have to encoded lowlevel knowledge.  One more bit
doesn't hurt.  It's not as if this happens every day.

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