Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964943AbWEUXsk (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 May 2006 19:48:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964947AbWEUXsk (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 May 2006 19:48:40 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:9947 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964943AbWEUXsk (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 May 2006 19:48:40 -0400 Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 19:48:21 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Andi Kleen Cc: Ulrich Drepper , Chris Wedgwood , dragoran , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IA32 syscall 311 not implemented on x86_64 Message-ID: <20060521234821.GQ8250@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Andi Kleen , Ulrich Drepper , Chris Wedgwood , dragoran , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <44702650.30507@feuerpokemon.de> <200605220019.08902.ak@suse.de> <20060521222831.GP8250@redhat.com> <200605220037.58286.ak@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200605220037.58286.ak@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1081 Lines: 28 On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 12:37:57AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Monday 22 May 2006 00:28, Dave Jones wrote: > > On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 12:19:08AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > > > > You make a good point. In fact, given it's unthrottled, someone > > > > > with too much time on their hands could easily fill up a /var > > > > > just by calling unimplemented syscalls this way. > > > > > > I never bought this argument because there are tons of printks in the kernel > > > that can be triggered by everybody. > > > > Then they should also be either rate limited, or removed. > > Yes let's remove all that kernel debugging support. It is totally useless > for most users, isn't it? If a regular user can trip up debugging printks, yes, lets remove it. Examples ? Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/