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From: Josh Triplett <josh-iaAMLnmF4UmaiuxdJuQwMA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] Documentation: describe how to add a system call
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 23:18:06 -0700
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On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 09:56:46PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 07/31/2015 09:32 PM, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > 
> > Sure, agreed.  But I really hope we don't create new kernel ABIs that
> > involve constructs like that.
> > 
> 
> It's worth noting I have pushed for auto-marshalling in general for a
> long time, not the least to get rid of the awful syscall(3) wrapper.  I
> even built a prototype but didn't have time to productize it.

Interesting!  Can you post the prototype?

- Josh Triplett