linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] Documentation: describe how to add a system call

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Message-Id: <201508010628.t716SJ6O029413@mail.zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 31 Jul 2015 23:28:13 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] Documentation: describe how to add a system call

Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Message-ID: <D190A265-CBF0-460E-B12A-DF0E802C5153@...or.com>

Let me see if I can unbury it - probably not until Monday, though.

On July 31, 2015 11:18:06 PM PDT, Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org> wrote:
>On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 09:56:46PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 07/31/2015 09:32 PM, Josh Triplett wrote:
>> > 
>> > Sure, agreed.  But I really hope we don't create new kernel ABIs
>that
>> > involve constructs like that.
>> > 
>> 
>> It's worth noting I have pushed for auto-marshalling in general for a
>> long time, not the least to get rid of the awful syscall(3) wrapper. 
>I
>> even built a prototype but didn't have time to productize it.
>
>Interesting!  Can you post the prototype?
>
>- Josh Triplett

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