Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] kernel tinification: optionally compile out splice family of syscalls (splice, vmsplice, tee and sendfile)

[David Miller]

From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:58:06 -0500

> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 01:24:45PM -0500, David Miller wrote:
>> 
>> And then if some fundamental part of userland (glibc, klibc, etc.) finds
>> a useful way to use splice for a fundamental operation, we're back to
>> square one.
> 
> I'll note that the applications for these super-tiny kernels are
> places where it's not likely they would be using glibc at all; think
> very tiny embedded systems.  The userspace tends to be highly
> restricted for the same space reasons why there is an effort to make
> the kernel as small as possible.

This is why I mentioned klibc, in order to avoid replies like your's,
it seems I have failed.
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