Re: [PATCH] compatibility syscall layer (lets try again)

[Jim Houston <jim.houston@ccur.com>]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, george anzinger wrote:
> >
> > I have not looked at your code yet, but I am concerned that
> > the restart may not be able to get to the original
> > parameters.
> 
> The way the new system call restarting is done, it never looks at the old
> parameters. They don't even _exist_ for the restarted call (well, they do,
> but the restart function can't actually get at them). So it is up to the
> original interrupted call to save off anything it needs saving off (and it
> get sthe "restart_block" structure to do that saving in. Right now that's
> just three words, but we can expand it if necessary).
> 
      
Hi Linus,

I know it would be a few extra lines of assembly code but it would be
nice if the restart routine had the original arguments.  Would it be too
ugly to do something like:

sys_restart_syscall:
	GET_THREAD_INFO(%eax)
	jmp	TI_RESTART_BLOCK(%eax)

I'm having second thoughts about even sending this.  Its just that I hate
casts more than I hate assembly code and using the restart_block to save 
the arguments implys casts.

Jim Houston - Concurrent Computer Corp.