On Monday 27 April 2009 23:21:47 Seiichi Ikarashi wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Monday 27 April 2009 22:21:59 Seiichi Ikarashi wrote:
> >> I report a build failure and a patch for it.
> >>
> >> If your kernel is version 2.6.16 or prior,
> >> build fails because of missing splice() syscall.
> >
> > no, the kernel doesnt matter.  if your glibc version is old and doesnt
> > support the splice() function, the build will fail.
>
> I see.
>
> >> This patch adds a workaround from splice01.c to splice02.c.
> >
> > your change doesnt cover all cases.  like when the kernel headers dont
> > define __NR_splice.  better to add an autoconf function test.
> > -mike
>
> The testcases/kernel/include/linux_syscall_numbers.h covers such a case,
> doen't it?

yes, that is one possibility, but we should probably phase that out in favor 
of autoconf tests
-mike

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