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Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:43:56 +0400
From: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch 1/4] Add routine for generating an ID for kernel pointer
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On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 01:42:50AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:42:14 +0400 Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Maybe we could simply extend prctl then?
> 
> I'd suggest a syscall.  prctl is a big crap bucket and this thing has
> simple, well defined semantics.  syscalls are cheap.
> 

OK. I'll think about it. Thanks!

	Cyrill