On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:44:52 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/29/2009 11:40 AM, Roland McGrath wrote: > > Why add a new syscall at all instead of just using a new CLONE_* > > flag to indicate that the argument layout is different? > > What an absolutely atrociously bad idea. > > We already have a syscall layer which is painful to thunk in places, > and this would make it much worse. > syscalls are cheap as well. cheaper than decades of dealing with such multiplexer mess ;/ -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
