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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 21:56:46 -0700
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On 07/31/2015 09:32 PM, Josh Triplett wrote:
> 
> Sure, agreed.  But I really hope we don't create new kernel ABIs that
> involve constructs like that.
> 

It's worth noting I have pushed for auto-marshalling in general for a
long time, not the least to get rid of the awful syscall(3) wrapper.  I
even built a prototype but didn't have time to productize it.

	-hpa


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