Re: [RFC] Wine speedup through kernel module

[Brian Gerst]

David Howells wrote:
> 
> Oliver Neukum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I see two possible solutions.
> >
> > Either you make that function available to user space by your syscall.
> 
> Not a good idea... the whole point is to make sure no one is in a syscall when
> the module is unloaded. If you do it this way, the tail end of this syscall
> can fight with the module unload code.
> 
> > Or you find a way to hook into task termination.
> 
> I'm already doing that... See the release() call on the fd. But this doesn't
> stop someone from invoking a syscall at an inappropriate time.
> 
> David Howells
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The best solution is to have a stub which is always resident that does
the inc/dec of the module count.  This stub can reserve the syscall
number as well.

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