Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] syscall_user_dispatch: Make it configurable in Kconfig
From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sun Jul 05 2026 - 18:04:12 EST
On July 4, 2026 8:22:20 AM PDT, Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>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.
>
Ditto
~Randy