Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760017AbXKQJSB (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:18:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752668AbXKQJRs (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:17:48 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:49070 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752395AbXKQJRr (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:17:47 -0500 Message-ID: <473EB0E4.2090708@redhat.com> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:14:12 -0800 From: Ulrich Drepper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: Zach Brown , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] sys_indirect system call References: <200711151641.lAFGfM8R024330@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <473CC604.5050804@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1085 Lines: 28 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linus Torvalds wrote: > Uli doesn't care that much about async syscalls, but I think that from a > kernel standpoint, we'd want to use this same indirect call for async > scheduling, Note that I added a flags parameter to sys_indirect in the v3 patch. This should allow you to add additional functionality like syslets later. Currently a zero value is enforced. In future nonzero values could also imply that the function takes additional parameters. - -- ➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHPrDk2ijCOnn/RHQRAks1AJ43zF42Vy2ru2D8X3W13YlzYpazUQCfci37 wTKr35RIViiwkQWNMMCeMdk= =Gmld -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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/