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Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:22:12 +0000
From: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
To: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>, bart@etpmod.phys.tue.nl,
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Subject: Re: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance
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Dave Jones wrote:
>  > Static binaries can just directly jump/call into the magic page.
> 
> .. and explode nicely when you try to run them on an older kernel
> without the new syscall magick. This is what Linus' first
> proof-of-concept code did.

<evil-grin>

No, because the static binary installs a SIGSEGV handler to emulate
the magic page on older kernels :)

</evil-grin>

-- Jamie
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