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Subject: Re: [RFC] Add a new generic system call which has better performance,
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Thread-Topic: [RFC] Add a new generic system call which has better
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Thank you! I have fixed it.=0A=
Anjali=0A=
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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>=0A=
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2022 12:21 AM=0A=
To: Anjali Kulkarni=0A=
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org=0A=
Subject: Re: [RFC] Add a new generic system call which has better performan=
ce, to get /proc data, than existing mechanisms=0A=
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Note, html email is rejected by kernel mailing lists, and top-posting=0A=
does not work at all in discussions.  Please fix your email client if=0A=
you wish to participate in kernel development.=0A=
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On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 05:50:03PM +0000, Anjali Kulkarni wrote:=0A=
> I will give it a try, but the majority of the savings are due to avoiding=
 the conversion from binary to string in /proc.=0A=
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That goes contrary to your previous statement saying that the readfile=0A=
call would help out here.=0A=
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And there might be ways to convert binary to strings, perhaps look into=0A=
doing that?=0A=
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good luck,=0A=
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greg k-h=0A=