Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] syscall_user_dispatch: Make it configurable in Kconfig

From: Matthew Wilcox

Date: Sat Jul 04 2026 - 11:23:07 EST


On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 09:58:58PM -0400, Gregory Price wrote:
> +config SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH
> + bool "Syscall User Dispatch"
> + depends on GENERIC_ENTRY
> + default y
> + help
> + Syscall User Dispatch lets a thread have its own system calls outside
> + an allowed IP address range to be intercepted and redirected to a
> + userspace signal handler.

I was very confused when I read this. IP expands to Internet Protocol
long before it gets to Instruction Pointer in my brain.