> I'm suggesting that you set the condition codes based upon whether > there is an error or not.
And the only way the syscall code could find out if there is an error is by checking err < 0 && err >= -4096 like glibc (except for the compat syscall on 64bit kernel case) Or rewrite all code that returns errors to system calls to pass a separate flag too. > That is the critical thing x86 doesn't do > that all the other platforms do. It doesn't do it because it's useless without a kernel rewrite. I frankly doubt it really works on Sparc :-) Maybe it could work there on a hypothetical rewritten kernel, but not today. -Andi -- 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/
