X32 psABI status
H. Peter Anvin
hpa@zytor.com
Mon Feb 14 01:54:00 GMT 2011
On 02/13/2011 01:33 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> Who actually needs this new extra API - whats the justification for
> everyone having more crud dumping their kernels, more syscall paths
> (which are one of the most security critical areas) and the like.
>
> What are the benchmark numbers to justify this versus just using the
> existing kernel interfaces ?
>
That's what the prototype is meant to show.
-hpa
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