Re: [PATCH 1/3] generic sys_old_select

From: Al Viro
Date: Wed Jan 06 2010 - 12:41:28 EST


On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 06:34:38PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 10:32:59AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 06:21:12PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > Add a generic implementation of the old select syscall, which expects it's
> > > argument in a memory block and switch all architectures over to use it.
> >
> > Don't we want an ifdef around compat_sys_old_select() like the one
> > around sys_old_select()?
>
> Because nothing in compat.c does it. If we want to bother saving those
> few bites we should do it for more functions, and in a consistant way.

Actually, I'd be a lot happier if we had lib/syscall/old_select.c, instead
of cluttering fs/select.c with that. Objections?
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