[PATCH 1/3] Adjust kernel-features.h defaults for recvmsg and sendmsg

[Andreas Schwab]

Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> writes:

> On 29-03-2016 18:32, Joseph Myers wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Mar 2016, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
>> 
>>> +/* Support for recvmsg and sendmsg was added in 2.6.12 in most architectures,
>>> +   with some added later (for instance 2.6.37 for powerpc) and for some only
>>> +   through syscall (with wire-up syscall added in later versionsi).  Define
>>> +   __ASSUME_RECVMSG_SYSCALL and __ASUME_SENDMSG_SYSCALL if glibc uses direct
>>> +   syscall, otherwise glibc will use socketcall.  */
>> 
>> This comment is a mess.
>> 
>> * I'm doubtful of the "added in 2.6.12".  Do you actually mean not in 
>> 2.6.11 as verified by comparing 2.6.11 and 2.6.12, or do you mean that 
>> 2.6.12 is the first release *in git* with the syscalls (for the trivial 
>> reason that it was the first release in git at all)?
>
> Later, since I did not compare against 2.6.11 (only checked the git history).

See <git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history> for
earlier history.

Andreas.

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