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From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Date:   Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:51:30 -0700
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Subject: Re: plumbers session on syscall wrapping and kernel header libc
 circular depdence?
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Cc:     Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>,
        "Jose E. Marchesi" <jemarch@gnu.org>,
        linux-toolchains@vger.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux <llvm@lists.linux.dev>,
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On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 9:45 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Hello Nick,
>
> Sorry for the late reply.
>
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 2:48 AM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Florian, Arnd, and Masahiro,
> > Jose and I are currently in the planning process to put together a
> > Kernel+Toolchain microconference track at Linux Plumbers Conference
> > this year (Sept 12-14) in Dublin, Ireland.
> >
> > Would you all be interested in a session (if you're planning on
> > attending) discussing syscall wrapping for libc's and UAPI circular
> > dependency on the libc?
> >
> > Masahiro and I were recently discussing the feasibility of building
> > the kernel UAPI header tests with -nostdinc, but there are some
> > interesting complications perhaps worth sharing with others?
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > ~Nick Desaulniers
>
>
> I am not sure about the travel at the moment.

Bummer.

> I may be able to attend it remotely if the the plumbers is held as a
> hybrid conference.

I think it will be.
https://lore.kernel.org/llvm/3119c35ba1fa7247e87d7acb56e85ea99092d0a4.camel@HansenPartnership.com/

> I am not quite sure how many developers would be interested in this topic,
> but we can continue discussion in the ML as well.

Ok, based on the feedback, we will scrap the idea for the topic. I
will follow up with the UAPI discussions on the list.
--
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers