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Re: [PATCH 3/4] 'catch syscall' feature -- XML support part


> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:22:25 -0500
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9rgio_Durigan_J=FAnior?= <sergiodj@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
> 	gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> > Is the list of syscalls and their numbers kernel version dependent?
> > If it is, how will we go about maintaining these files?
> 
> Fortunately, it is not.  There are some exceptions in vendor-provided
> kernels, but there is a very strong incentive to not reuse or adjust
> syscall numbers.

Does this mean we can be sure no new syscalls will be added to the
list, ever?


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