-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David Miller wrote: > FWIW, I think this indirect syscall stuff is the most ugly interface > I've ever seen proposed for the kernel.
Well, the alternative is to introduce a dozens of new interfaces. It was Linus who suggested this alternative. Plus, it seems that for syslets we need basically the same interface anyway. > And I agree with all of the objections raised by both H. Pater Anvin > and Eric Dumazet. Eric had no arguments and HP's comments lack a viable alternative proposal. > Where does this INDIRECT_PARAM() macro get defined? I do not > see it being defined anywhere in these patches. Defined in <linux/indirect.h>: +#define INDIRECT_PARAM(set, name) current->indirect_params.set.name Not my idea, I was following one review comment. - -- ➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHQwWl2ijCOnn/RHQRAhEbAJ9/bkrb/phOMRl16Fb0N1TDYglSsgCeNhHQ 3huhdKCAVTu4CJnktf/ufy4= =Jj6h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
