Re: X32 psABI status

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Sun Feb 13 2011 - 20:53:31 EST


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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