From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com>
Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@codesourcery.com>,
linux-mips@linux-mips.org, libc-ports@sourceware.org,
"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] MIPS: Implement the getcontext API
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:38:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090418123815.GA21240@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0904152018070.3560@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 08:19:33PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> > Here is code to implement the getcontext API for MIPS. This glibc patch
> > is sent to the linux-mips mailing list, because it makes use of an
> > internal syscall which has not been designated as a part of the public
> > ABI. I am writing to request this syscall to become fixed as a part of
> > the ABI or to seek for an alternative. See below for the rationale.
>
> Was there any conclusion about whether the assumptions this patch makes
> about the kernel are OK (and so it can go in) or not?
I've probably not spelled it out clearly enough in an earlier email on
this topic but yes, I think it's ok. In all reality the stackframe has
de facto become a part of the ABI that needs to be kept stable.
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-18 12:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-01 0:12 [PATCH, RFC] MIPS: Implement the getcontext API Maciej W. Rozycki
2009-03-03 16:56 ` David Daney
2009-03-04 8:19 ` Brian Foster
2009-03-04 12:17 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2009-03-04 16:36 ` David Daney
2009-04-02 13:29 ` Ralf Baechle
2009-04-02 20:06 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2009-03-04 15:44 ` Ralf Baechle
2009-03-04 22:25 ` David VomLehn (dvomlehn)
2009-03-04 22:25 ` David VomLehn (dvomlehn)
2009-03-04 22:34 ` David Daney
2009-03-05 7:58 ` MIPS RI/XI & trampolines [was:- [PATCH, RFC] MIPS: Implement the getcontext API ] Brian Foster
2009-03-05 17:01 ` David Daney
2009-04-02 13:38 ` [PATCH, RFC] MIPS: Implement the getcontext API Ralf Baechle
2009-04-16 3:46 ` Markus Gothe
2009-04-17 5:53 ` Ralf Baechle
2009-03-05 15:34 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2009-03-05 16:58 ` David Daney
2009-03-05 18:23 ` David VomLehn (dvomlehn)
2009-03-05 18:23 ` David VomLehn (dvomlehn)
2009-03-05 21:36 ` Ralf Baechle
2009-03-05 21:39 ` Roland McGrath
2009-03-05 21:53 ` Joseph S. Myers
2009-03-05 22:08 ` David VomLehn (dvomlehn)
2009-03-05 22:08 ` David VomLehn (dvomlehn)
2009-04-02 13:19 ` Ralf Baechle
2009-04-15 20:19 ` Joseph S. Myers
2009-04-15 21:37 ` David Daney
2009-04-18 12:38 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2009-04-18 17:32 ` Joseph S. Myers
2009-04-20 19:57 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2009-04-28 19:17 ` Aurelien Jarno
2009-04-28 19:21 ` Philippe Vachon
2009-04-28 20:19 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2009-04-28 20:53 ` Aurelien Jarno
2009-04-28 21:47 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
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2009-04-05 18:57 Graziano Sorbaioli
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