Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] Documentation: describe how to add a system call

[H. Peter Anvin]

Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,"linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
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Let me see if I can unbury it - probably not until Monday, though.

On July 31, 2015 11:18:06 PM PDT, Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 09:56:46PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 07/31/2015 09:32 PM, Josh Triplett wrote:
>> > 
>> > Sure, agreed.  But I really hope we don't create new kernel ABIs
>that
>> > involve constructs like that.
>> > 
>> 
>> It's worth noting I have pushed for auto-marshalling in general for a
>> long time, not the least to get rid of the awful syscall(3) wrapper. 
>I
>> even built a prototype but didn't have time to productize it.
>
>Interesting!  Can you post the prototype?
>
>- Josh Triplett

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