Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759899AbXIXPi2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:38:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755947AbXIXPiV (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:38:21 -0400 Received: from x35.xmailserver.org ([64.71.152.41]:51914 "EHLO x35.xmailserver.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755737AbXIXPiT (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:38:19 -0400 X-AuthUser: davidel@xmailserver.org Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:38:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Davide Libenzi X-X-Sender: davide@alien.or.mcafeemobile.com To: Michael Kerrisk cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Thomas Gleixner , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [patch 2/3] new timerfd API - wire the new timerfd API to the x86 family In-Reply-To: <46F75E4D.2080209@gmx.net> Message-ID: References: <46F75E4D.2080209@gmx.net> X-GPG-FINGRPRINT: CFAE 5BEE FD36 F65E E640 56FE 0974 BF23 270F 474E X-GPG-PUBLIC_KEY: http://www.xmailserver.org/davidel.asc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 605 Lines: 20 On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > Davide, > > Is it perhaps not better to group the three syscalls contiguously with > respect to syscall numbers? The old timerfd slot can be re-used for some > other syscall later. There's no problem if they're not contiguous. Holes, unless filled immediately, need to be remembered to be filled. - Davide - 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/