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From: David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] kernel tinification: optionally compile out splice family of syscalls (splice, vmsplice, tee and sendfile)
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:13:05 -0500 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141125.121305.2094097848188324942.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5474ABB6.3030400-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>

From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:17:58 -0800

> Is the splice family of syscalls the only one that tiny has identified
> for optional building or can we expect similar treatment for other
> syscalls?
> 
> Why will many embedded systems not need these syscalls?  You know
> exactly what apps they run and you are positive that those apps do
> not use splice?

I think starting to compile out system calls is a very slippery
slope we should not begin the journey down.

This changes the forward facing interface to userspace.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-11-25 17:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-24 23:00 [PATCH v4 0/7] kernel tinification: optionally compile out splice family of syscalls (splice, vmsplice, tee and sendfile) Pieter Smith
2014-11-24 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] fs: move sendfile syscall into fs/splice Pieter Smith
2014-11-24 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] fs: moved kernel_write to fs/read_write Pieter Smith
2014-11-24 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] fs/splice: support compiling out splice-family syscalls Pieter Smith
2014-11-25  0:49   ` Josh Triplett
2014-11-24 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] fs/fuse: support compiling out splice Pieter Smith
2014-11-24 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] fs/nfsd: " Pieter Smith
     [not found] ` <1416870079-15254-1-git-send-email-pieter-qeJ+1H9vRZbz+pZb47iToQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-24 23:01   ` [PATCH v4 6/7] net/core: " Pieter Smith
2014-11-24 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] fs/splice: full support for " Pieter Smith
2014-11-25  0:52 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] kernel tinification: optionally compile out splice family of syscalls (splice, vmsplice, tee and sendfile) Josh Triplett
     [not found] ` <5474ABB6.3030400@infradead.org>
     [not found]   ` <5474ABB6.3030400-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-25 17:13     ` David Miller [this message]
2014-11-25 18:10       ` Paul E. McKenney
2014-11-25 18:24         ` David Miller
     [not found]           ` <20141125.132445.152609149279137368.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-25 18:58             ` Theodore Ts'o
     [not found]               ` <20141125185806.GA28116-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-25 19:05                 ` David Miller
2014-11-25 18:53       ` josh
2014-11-25 19:04         ` David Miller
     [not found]           ` <20141125.140441.401150380839514113.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-25 19:16             ` Eric W. Biederman
     [not found]               ` <87egsr9jkz.fsf-JOvCrm2gF+uungPnsOpG7nhyD016LWXt@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-25 19:27                 ` David Miller
     [not found]                   ` <20141125.142741.1620673255148724338.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2014-11-25 20:01                     ` Eric W. Biederman
2014-11-25 20:11             ` Pieter Smith
2014-11-26 12:19           ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-11-25 19:00     ` josh-iaAMLnmF4UmaiuxdJuQwMA
2014-11-25 22:08     ` josh-iaAMLnmF4UmaiuxdJuQwMA

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