Re: [Linux-ia64] [PATCH][RFC][CFT] remove global errno from the kernel, make _syscallX kernel-only

Ralf Baechle <[email protected]> Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:29:53 +0000

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On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 02:11:31PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:

> |> Please CC me on replies as I'm not on any of the lists posted to.
> |> 
> |> My intention is to push these to Linus for 2.5 if everyone agrees.
> |> They're probably too intrusive for 2.4 (although I'd love people
> |> to convince me otherwise).
> 
> I wouldn't mind putting it into 2.4.

While it may break things in userspace it will hopefully ensure correctness
for userspace, so better kill 'em now than later.  _syscallX() has a too
long history of causing problems.

  Ralf