From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id fBVGgKC05808 for linux-mips-outgoing; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 08:42:20 -0800 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fBVGgFg05801 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 08:42:16 -0800 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id fBVDTrn25939; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:29:53 -0200 Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:29:53 -0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: Andreas Schwab Cc: Lennert Buytenhek , rth@dot.cygnus.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, dev-etrax@axis.com, linux-ia64@linuxia64.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, grundler@cup.hp.com, cort@fsmlabs.com, linux-390@vm.marist.edu, gniibe@mri.co.jp, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, ultralinux@vger.kernel.org, jdike@karaya.com Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] [PATCH][RFC][CFT] remove global errno from the kernel, make _syscallX kernel-only Message-ID: <20011231112953.A25924@dea.linux-mips.net> References: <20011230220500.A10224@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from schwab@suse.de on Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 02:11:31PM +0100 X-Accept-Language: de,en,fr Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 02:11:31PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote: > |> Please CC me on replies as I'm not on any of the lists posted to. > |> > |> My intention is to push these to Linus for 2.5 if everyone agrees. > |> They're probably too intrusive for 2.4 (although I'd love people > |> to convince me otherwise). > > I wouldn't mind putting it into 2.4. While it may break things in userspace it will hopefully ensure correctness for userspace, so better kill 'em now than later. _syscallX() has a too long history of causing problems. Ralf