Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752603AbXBJB5Q (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Feb 2007 20:57:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752641AbXBJB5Q (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Feb 2007 20:57:16 -0500 Received: from raven.upol.cz ([158.194.120.4]:56683 "EHLO raven.upol.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752620AbXBJB5P (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Feb 2007 20:57:15 -0500 Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel Subject: Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.21 In-Reply-To: <20070209220327.GB16158@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20070208150710.1324f6b4.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <1171042535.29713.96.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20070209134516.2367a7aa.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070209214944.GA16158@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <1171057999.29713.129.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20070209220327.GB16158@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Organization: Palacky University in Olomouc, experimental physics department. To: David Woodhouse , Andrew Morton , Alexey Dobriyan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, drepper@redhat.com Mail-Followup-To: David Woodhouse , Andrew Morton , Alexey Dobriyan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, drepper@redhat.com, olecom@flower.upol.cz Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:05:58 +0100 Message-Id: From: Oleg Verych Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1073 Lines: 32 > From: Russell King > Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel > Subject: Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.21 > Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 22:03:27 +0000 [] > However: > > sys_foo(int a, int c, unsigned long long b, unsigned long long d) > > is entirely reasonable and leaves us with spare room for one additional > 32-bit arg to be passed. > >> Is that actually written anywhere, and does anyone bother to check? > > Mostly mailing list archives I'd guess. As far as anyone bothering > to check, that's me when I'm aware of new syscalls... which typically > happens a long time after the syscalls have been introduced on x86 > etc. Why not to have "the most large argument first" rule here? sys_bar(largest,..., larger,..., smaller,..., small); Put it in Documentation/ABI/README and bother only, when compiller will bark on -mm tree. ____ - 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/