From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
dhowells@redhat.com, torvalds@osdl.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, discuss@x86-64.org,
sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc64-dev@ozlabs.org,
linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@m17n.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk,
parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
linux-390@vm.marist.edu, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add key management syscalls to non-i386 archs
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:18:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041020181850.GA23979@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041020105027.54bf9e89.akpm@osdl.org>
On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 10:50:27AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Linus, Andrew,
> > >
> > > The attached patch adds syscalls for almost all archs (everything barring
> > > m68knommu which is in a real mess, and i386 which already has it).
> > >
> > > It also adds 32->64 compatibility where appropriate.
> >
> > Umm, that patch added the damn multiplexer that had been vetoed multiple
> > times. Why did this happen?
>
> Fifteen new syscalls was judged excessive and the keyfs interface was
> judged slow and bloaty.
Maybe 15 syscalls just means the API is goddamn awfull and we certainly
shouldn't merge it as-is.
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
dhowells@redhat.com, torvalds@osdl.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, discuss@x86-64.org,
sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc64-dev@ozlabs.org,
linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@m17n.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk,
parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
linux-390@vm.marist.edu, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add key management syscalls to non-i386 archs
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 19:18:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041020181850.GA23979@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041020105027.54bf9e89.akpm@osdl.org>
On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 10:50:27AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Linus, Andrew,
> > >
> > > The attached patch adds syscalls for almost all archs (everything barring
> > > m68knommu which is in a real mess, and i386 which already has it).
> > >
> > > It also adds 32->64 compatibility where appropriate.
> >
> > Umm, that patch added the damn multiplexer that had been vetoed multiple
> > times. Why did this happen?
>
> Fifteen new syscalls was judged excessive and the keyfs interface was
> judged slow and bloaty.
Maybe 15 syscalls just means the API is goddamn awfull and we certainly
shouldn't merge it as-is.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-20 18:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-20 14:44 [PATCH] Add key management syscalls to non-i386 archs David Howells
2004-10-20 14:44 ` David Howells
2004-10-20 15:29 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-10-20 15:29 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-10-20 17:50 ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-20 17:50 ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-20 18:18 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2004-10-20 18:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-10-20 15:49 ` [parisc-linux] " Matthew Wilcox
2004-10-20 15:49 ` Matthew Wilcox
2004-10-20 16:16 ` David Howells
2004-10-20 16:16 ` David Howells
2004-10-20 16:42 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-21 3:14 ` [uClinux-dev] " Greg Ungerer
2004-10-20 17:08 ` Arnd Bergmann
2004-10-20 17:08 ` Arnd Bergmann
2004-10-20 22:01 ` David S. Miller
2004-10-20 22:01 ` David S. Miller
2004-10-20 22:56 ` [discuss] " Andi Kleen
2004-10-20 22:56 ` Andi Kleen
2004-10-20 23:04 ` [discuss] Re: [PATCH] Add key management syscalls to non-i386 David S. Miller
2004-10-20 23:04 ` [discuss] Re: [PATCH] Add key management syscalls to non-i386 archs David S. Miller
2004-10-20 23:25 ` Andi Kleen
2004-10-20 23:25 ` Andi Kleen
2004-10-20 23:41 ` [discuss] Re: [PATCH] Add key management syscalls to non-i386 David S. Miller
2004-10-20 23:41 ` David S. Miller
2004-10-20 23:41 ` [discuss] Re: [PATCH] Add key management syscalls to non-i386 archs David S. Miller
2004-10-20 23:41 ` David S. Miller
2004-10-21 0:10 ` Andi Kleen
2004-10-21 0:10 ` Andi Kleen
2004-10-21 8:03 ` [discuss] Re: [PATCH] Add key management syscalls to non-i386 Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-21 8:03 ` [discuss] Re: [PATCH] Add key management syscalls to non-i386 archs Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-21 1:55 ` [discuss] Re: [PATCH] Add key management syscalls to non-i386 Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2004-10-21 1:55 ` [discuss] Re: [PATCH] Add key management syscalls to non-i386 archs Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2004-10-21 8:47 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-10-21 8:47 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
[not found] <3506.1098283455@redhat.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2004-10-20 19:25 ` Andi Kleen
2004-10-20 19:48 ` David Howells
2004-10-20 20:22 ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-21 9:20 ` Arjan van de Ven
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