LWN.net Logo

Re: [PATCH v3] add kexec_load() syscall

From:  Roland McGrath <roland-AT-hack.frob.com>
To:  Andreas Jaeger <aj-AT-suse.com>
Subject:  Re: [PATCH v3] add kexec_load() syscall
Date:  Thu, 24 May 2012 11:47:23 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:  <20120524184723.3C8512C085@topped-with-meat.com>
Cc:  maximilian attems <max-AT-stro.at>, libc-alpha-AT-sourceware.org
Archive-link:  Article, Thread

> Btw. regarding adding the syscall, I see in linux/syscalls.list already 
> similiar esoteric syscalls like create_module without any header 
> support. I wouldn't object to do this for kexec_load as well,

I agree it's no less sensible than those.  I think those were dubious
additions too, but they are in the ABI already so it's moot now.  

For anything so arcane it has only one or two users anywhere, and not
performance-critical, calling 'syscall' is really perfectly fine.


Thanks,
Roland



(Log in to post comments)

Copyright © 2013, Eklektix, Inc.
Comments and public postings are copyrighted by their creators.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds