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Re: glibc at the Toolchains microconference at LPC 2019
On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 12:56 PM Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
> * Zack Weinberg:
> > Well, _I_ think glibc should provide wrappers for all Linux system
> > calls, except those that cannot be used without stomping on internal
> > glibc data structures (e.g. set_tid_address, set_robust_list, brk) and
> > those that have been completely superseded by newer syscalls. Other
> > people have disagreed with me pretty strenuously, but they haven't
> > done any of the work required to make forward progress on their more
> > conservative policies. I am tempted to post a patch early in the 2.31
> > cycle that adds wrappers for everything, and then threaten to apply it
> > unilaterally unless I hear concrete objections within a week or so.
>
> In my experience, it's been difficult to get reviewers. So what the
> project says it wants and what the project actually makes happen is
> rather different.
For the record, the shade in my message was not aimed at you. I think
you're one of the only people who's managed to make forward progress
on adding syscall wrappers in the past several years.
zw