On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 02:22:36PM +0100, bart@etpmod.phys.tue.nl wrote:
> > However, there's another issue, namely process startup cost. I personally
> > want it to be as light as at all possible. I hate doing an "strace" on
> > user processes and seeing tons and tons of crapola showing up. Just for
> So why not map the magic page at 0xffffe000 at some other address as
> well?
> Static binaries can just directly jump/call into the magic page.
.. and explode nicely when you try to run them on an older kernel
without the new syscall magick. This is what Linus' first
proof-of-concept code did.
Dave
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