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Re: support for calling Linux syscalls directly
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor dot com>
- Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, keescook at chromium dot org
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:23:20 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: support for calling Linux syscalls directly
- References: <201301242314.47793.vapier@gentoo.org><5109A662.7050101@zytor.com>
I like hpa's plan. My strongest objection to adding more things to libc is
about adding to the ABI. So libc_nonshared.a is less objectionable. But I
would prefer that we avoid getting involved at all in the maintenance
burden of obscure kernel interfaces. Things that are really meant to be
used commonly by many normal/mostly-portable applications are a different
story and can be considered case by case.
Thanks,
Roland