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From: Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [patch] Assigning syscall numbers for testing 
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 14:12:45 +0000 (GMT), 
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>> User space code should open /proc/dynamic_syscalls, read the lines
>> looking for their syscall name, extract the number and call the glibc
>> syscall() function using that number.  Do not use the _syscalln()
>> functions, they require a constant syscall number at compile time.
>
>Simple brutal and to the point. Also it means a dynamic library can 
>switch to real syscalls and dynamic apps will migrate fine.
>
>One request - can we specify a namespace of the form
>
>['vendorid'].[call]
>
>vendorid is the wrong phrase but "some sane way of knowing whose syscall
>it is" - it would be bad for andrea-aio and ben-aio to use the same names..

Did that in the comments.

/**
 * register_dynamic_syscall - assign a dynamic syscall number.
 * @name: the name of the syscall, used by user space code to find the number.
 *        Use a unique name, if there is any possibility of conflict with
 *        other test syscalls then include your company or initials in the name.


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