linux-kernel - Re: Drop IPC_OLD for direct ipc syscalls?

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdWnPx1HsySNhFSdDfVoSew81tnrVyoaWJezyfKMHc7zSw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 20 Sep 2015 15:28:09 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...inux.org>,
	"Linux/m68k" <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: Drop IPC_OLD for direct ipc syscalls?

Hi Andreas,

On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> writes:
>
>> Should I postpone wiring up the direct ipc syscalls on m68k (and thus renumber
>> __NR_membarrier) until the above is resolved, or can they go in in v4.3?
>
> If you wire up the direct ipc calls know you create an ABI that is
> harder to get rid of.

That's what I was mostly worried about.
Thanks for confirming!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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