Glibc wrappers for (nearly all) Linux system calls
Glibc wrappers for (nearly all) Linux system calls
[Development] Posted Aug 20, 2015 21:27 UTC (Thu) by corbet
The GNU C Library (glibc) is a famously conservative project. In the past, that conservatism created a situation where there is no way to directly call a number of Linux system calls from a glibc-using program. As glibc has relaxed a bit in recent years, its developers have started to reconsider adding wrapper functions for previously inaccessible system calls. But, as the discussion shows, adding these wrappers is still not as straightforward as one might think.