From: David Mosberger-Tang <David.Mosberger@acm.org>
To: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davidm@hpl.hp.com
Subject: Re: common name for the kernel DSO
Date: 19 Jun 2003 13:26:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ug3ci5zud9.fsf@panda.mostang.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030619192018$5cab@gated-at.bofh.it>
>>>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:20:19 +0200, Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org> said:
Jamie> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> It's a pretty ugly name, quite frankly, since it doesn't explain
>> what it is a gate from or to. linux-syscall.so.1 or
>> linux-kernel.so.1 would make a lot more sense.
Jamie> linux-syscall.so.1 makes most sense to me.
Jamie> It's the only one which is correct and unambiguous.
It's not really correct. The DSO can be used for up-calls (e.g.,
signal trampolines), too.
Like I said, I can _live_ with "syscall", but would prefer "gate",
because it's technically more accurate. It's also shorter, always a
bonus... ;-)
--david
next parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-19 20:35 UTC|newest]
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2003-06-19 20:26 ` David Mosberger-Tang [this message]
2003-06-18 19:12 common name for the kernel DSO David Mosberger
2003-06-18 20:32 ` Sam Ravnborg
2003-06-18 20:35 ` David Mosberger
2003-06-18 22:51 ` David Mosberger
2003-06-18 23:35 ` Andrew Morton
2003-06-18 23:56 ` David Mosberger
2003-06-25 3:19 ` Roland McGrath
2003-06-19 6:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-06-19 6:25 ` David Mosberger
2003-06-19 6:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-06-19 6:49 ` David Mosberger
2003-06-21 6:42 ` Pavel Machek
2003-06-19 19:15 ` Jamie Lokier
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