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David Miller wrote:
> FWIW, I think this indirect syscall stuff is the most ugly interface
> I've ever seen proposed for the kernel.
Well, the alternative is to introduce a dozens of new interfaces. It
was Linus who suggested this alternative. Plus, it seems that for
syslets we need basically the same interface anyway.
> And I agree with all of the objections raised by both H. Pater Anvin
> and Eric Dumazet.
Eric had no arguments and HP's comments lack a viable alternative proposal.
> Where does this INDIRECT_PARAM() macro get defined? I do not
> see it being defined anywhere in these patches.
Defined in <linux/indirect.h>:
+#define INDIRECT_PARAM(set, name) current->indirect_params.set.name
Not my idea, I was following one review comment.
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