From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: Official Linux system wrapper library? Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 18:36:30 -0800 Message-ID: <20181112023630.GA20359@kroah.com> References: <20181110192027.GA29892@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Carlos O'Donell Cc: Daniel Colascione , linux-kernel , Joel Fernandes , Linux API List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 09:24:40PM -0500, Carlos O'Donell wrote: > On 11/10/18 2:20 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > Also, what about the basic work of making sure our uapi header files can > > actually be used untouched by a libc? That isn't the case these days as > > the bionic maintainers like to keep reminding me. That might be a good > > thing to do _before_ trying to add new things like syscall wrappers. > I agree completely. There are many steps in the checklist to writing > a new syscall, heck we should probably have a checklist! We should have a checklist. That's a great idea. Now to find someone to write it... :) I'll try to make it to the plumbers talk, but I think there's a competing one I am supposed to be at at the same time. greg k-h