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Re: extending wait4(2) or waitid(2) linux syscall

From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb dot de>, Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor dot com>, "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv at altlinux dot org>, Albert ARIBAUD <albert dot aribaud at 3adev dot fr>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Linux API <linux-api at vger dot kernel dot org>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 08:03:45 -0800
Subject: Re: extending wait4(2) or waitid(2) linux syscall
References: <20170420152051.568f2050.albert.aribaud@3adev.fr> <20181115140441.GA2171@altlinux.org> <CAK8P3a0Gsqa8WTbALOUchRyEA7E2f3P1f=XQ8nD2xQaemfPpcQ@mail.gmail.com> <20181115153008.GC2171@altlinux.org> <68E78315-66C9-4CEE-B6A0-61485AFB314A@zytor.com> <CAK8P3a2bGYt1Z50eQsBv2pu_zd649SB1MjX-iWcZ-YnJ+Bhj1Q@mail.gmail.com> <87sh01uxlh.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> <CAK8P3a2kDbzzdHdPNaU9LBdLbdFejLYzx+Ntt4s5F=7u+scHsg@mail.gmail.com>

On 11/16/18 7:17 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

we'd want something like

int wait9(...)


We're getting uncomfortably close to the Perlis limit.

"If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some."

Perlis AJ. Epigrams on programming. SIGPLAN Notices. 1982:17(9):7-13.https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/947955.1083808http://pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de/users/klaeren/epigrams.html

References:
- Re: Sixth draft of the Y2038 design document
  - From: Dmitry V. Levin
- Re: Sixth draft of the Y2038 design document
  - From: Arnd Bergmann
- Re: extending wait4(2) or waitid(2) linux syscall
  - From: Dmitry V. Levin
- Re: extending wait4(2) or waitid(2) linux syscall
  - From: hpa
- Re: extending wait4(2) or waitid(2) linux syscall
  - From: Arnd Bergmann
- Re: extending wait4(2) or waitid(2) linux syscall
  - From: Florian Weimer
- Re: extending wait4(2) or waitid(2) linux syscall
  - From: Arnd Bergmann

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