Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262574AbUCRMHX (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Mar 2004 07:07:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262577AbUCRMHX (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Mar 2004 07:07:23 -0500 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([213.86.99.234]:64265 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262574AbUCRMHU (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Mar 2004 07:07:20 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:07:09 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Ulrich Drepper , Linux Kernel , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: sched_setaffinity usability Message-ID: <20040318120709.A27841@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Ingo Molnar , Ulrich Drepper , Linux Kernel , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds References: <40595842.5070708@redhat.com> <20040318112913.GA13981@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20040318112913.GA13981@elte.hu>; from mingo@elte.hu on Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 12:29:13PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 705 Lines: 15 On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 12:29:13PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > or, maybe it would be better to introduce some sort of 'system > constants' syscall that would be a generic umbrella for such things - > and could easily be converted into a vsyscall. Or we could make it part > of the .data section of the VDSO - thus no copying overhead, only one > symbol lookup. Like, umm, the long overdue sysconf()? For the time beeing a sysctl might be the easiest thing.. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/