Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760852AbYFIXdR (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:33:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754235AbYFIXdE (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:33:04 -0400 Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.134.186]:22690 "EHLO mu-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755689AbYFIXdB convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:33:01 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Wehk69ZzJzWrUbCnu/+Q8s7cQ5h2v6gKejRsdru2CIzKh3lOzSCC0v1YllbBsJLzi3 kKNatO+3fBoncrrAN8uKOzNuczA5tRcWt5/2iLlape9x+nszrlTANh3fpxzTG+YU5TLC NV9aUULNimKOTVaN58esFw+HvJzcqL8uA+CeI= Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:33:21 +0200 From: dcg To: eranian@googlemail.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 18/21] perfmon2 minimal: X86 32-bit system calls support Message-ID: <20080610013321.727c1f02@diego-desktop> In-Reply-To: <484db00c.0405560a.4d57.6e9b@mx.google.com> References: <484db00c.0405560a.4d57.6e9b@mx.google.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1080 Lines: 26 El Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:34:52 -0700 (PDT), eranian@googlemail.com escribió: > + .long sys_pfm_create_context > + .long sys_pfm_write_pmcs > + .long sys_pfm_write_pmds > + .long sys_pfm_read_pmds /* 330 */ > + .long sys_pfm_load_context > + .long sys_pfm_start > + .long sys_pfm_stop > + .long sys_ni_syscall /* reserved for pfm_restart */ > + .long sys_ni_syscall /* 335 reserverd for pfm_create_evtsets */ > + .long sys_ni_syscall /* reserved for pfm_getinfo_evtsets */ > + .long sys_ni_syscall /* reserved for pfm_delete_evtsets */ > + .long sys_pfm_unload_context 12 syscalls? O_o I'm nobody to say if it's right or wrong...(and it probably has been already discussed) but I'm curious, why this interface and not something like ioctls (which many people doesn't like, but seems a better choice for clueless people like me)? -- 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/