AW: Specific Linux syscalls for glibc API

[Joseph Myers]

On Wed, 18 Nov 2015, Warlich, Christof wrote:

> On 11/17/2015 05:34 PM, Joseph Myers wrote
> 
> > Following recent discussions of API sources for glibc, I propose that we 
> > consider the following Linux syscalls and related interfaces appropriate 
> > for the OS-independent GNU API, should someone post patches implementing 
> > them (possibly only for Linux),
> 
> As I am particularly interested in having pthread_gettid_np() added, would it
> help to send a patch just to add that function (and its documentation) at this
> point in time? AFAICT, this patch would be rather trivial, so I somewhat doubt

No, since there is no consensus yet on the general questions of what is 
OS-independent and where OS-specific syscall interfaces should go.  
Providing new insights for that general discussion is what would be useful 
at present.

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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com