From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: munroesj@us.ibm.com, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
ralf@linux-mips.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel@teksavvy.com,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: 64-syscall args on 32-bit vs syscall()
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:52:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BA06E1B.2040706@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1268785874.2335.137.camel@pasglop>
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On 03/16/2010 05:31 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> My proposal is purely a change to the syscall()
> function, nothing else. No kernel change, no ABI change, no change to
> the way glibc normally calls syscalls internally, etc...
How can this be? People are today actively working around the problem
of 64-bit arguments. You have to break something since you cannot
recognize these situations. And since it became meanwhile clear that
there is no way to "fix" all archs magically I really don't want to
introduce anything. There are mechanisms in place to abstract out some
of the issues. And for the rest, well, if you're using syscalls
directly you already have to encoded lowlevel knowledge. One more bit
doesn't hurt. It's not as if this happens every day.
- --
➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-17 5:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-15 4:48 64-syscall args on 32-bit vs syscall() Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15 4:48 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15 5:06 ` David Miller
2010-03-15 5:18 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15 5:54 ` David Miller
2010-03-15 20:22 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15 13:44 ` Ralf Baechle
2010-03-15 15:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-03-15 16:00 ` Ulrich Drepper
2010-03-15 19:00 ` David Miller
2010-03-15 19:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-03-15 20:35 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15 20:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-03-16 21:56 ` Steven Munroe
2010-03-17 0:31 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17 0:31 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17 5:52 ` Ulrich Drepper [this message]
2010-03-17 8:56 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17 9:14 ` Ulrich Drepper
2010-03-17 10:13 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17 9:18 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-03-17 10:18 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17 18:30 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-03-17 20:35 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17 20:53 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-03-17 22:58 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17 22:58 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-18 16:08 ` Steven Munroe
2010-03-18 16:21 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-03-18 16:21 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-03-18 17:03 ` Steven Munroe
2010-03-18 21:18 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-19 1:22 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-03-15 20:27 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15 15:03 ` Steven Munroe
2010-03-15 20:32 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15 15:04 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-03-15 20:33 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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