linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 49/50] mars: generic pre-patch for mars

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Message-ID: <20140702132708.GA26732@infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 2 Jul 2014 06:27:08 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Thomas Schoebel-Theuer <tst@...oebel-theuer.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Sch?bel-Theuer <tst@...d1.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 49/50] mars: generic pre-patch for mars

On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 01:24:00AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > I will prepare a new version ASAP.
> > 
> > Is the asmlinkage one of the reasons?
> 
> No.  The wholesale exporting of all 300+ syscall functions for no
> apparent reasoning is the reason.

Using syscalls or syscall-like functionality from kernel code generally
is a bad idea.  Every single use needs a clear rationale in the patch
description.  Which do not seem to exist at all for the series, so in
it's current form it'll go straight to the trash bin anyway.

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