From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: [RFC][v7][PATCH 8/9]: Define clone2() syscall Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:02:07 +0200 Message-ID: <20090929210207.247b94df@infradead.org> References: <20090924165548.GA16586@us.ibm.com> <20090924170308.GH16989@us.ibm.com> <200909242343.59903.arnd@arndb.de> <20090925082346.GB4436@localdomain> <20090925105632.GG12824@hawkmoon.kerlabs.com> <20090929180537.GD4625@us.ibm.com> <20090929184023.532DF34@magilla.sf.frob.com> <4AC255A4.4030002@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4AC255A4.4030002-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: containers-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: containers-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Arnd Bergmann , linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Containers , Nathan Lynch , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, "Eric W. Biederman" , kosaki.motohiro-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org, mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org, Sukadev Bhattiprolu , torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, Alexey Dobriyan , Roland McGrath , Pavel Emelyanov List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:44:52 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > On 09/29/2009 11:40 AM, Roland McGrath wrote: > > Why add a new syscall at all instead of just using a new CLONE_* > > flag to indicate that the argument layout is different? > > What an absolutely atrociously bad idea. > > We already have a syscall layer which is painful to thunk in places, > and this would make it much worse. > syscalls are cheap as well. cheaper than decades of dealing with such multiplexer mess ;/ -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org