Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261724AbUK2PRn (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:17:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261725AbUK2PRn (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:17:43 -0500 Received: from [213.146.154.40] ([213.146.154.40]:60358 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261724AbUK2PRm (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:17:42 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:17:41 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Steven Rostedt Cc: LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] dynamic syscalls revisited Message-ID: <20041129151741.GA5514@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Steven Rostedt , LKML References: <1101741118.25841.40.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1101741118.25841.40.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 773 Lines: 16 On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 10:11:58AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > Before you just ignore me and throw me to the dogs, hear me out. Please! > > I've seen previous attempts to get dynamic system calls into the kernel > and they just get dumped, but usually with good reason. They require a > change to all architectures quite drastically and is usually a problem > implementing them for the module to use them. Actually they were dumped because dynamically syscalls are a really bad idea, not because of implementation issues. - 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/