> On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 01:42:37PM -0800, [email protected] wrote: > > This patch makes it possible for userspace to implement setproctitle() > > cleanly. It adds a new PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA option for prctl(), which > > updates task's mm_struct->arg_start and arg_end to the given area. > > Why can't we make this a proper system call?
I don't think this is big matter. Does using syscall have any benefit? I don't have strong mention. merely, Timo's original proposal used prctl. -- 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
