Re: [RFC] dynamic syscalls revisited
From: Steven Rostedt (rostedt_at_goodmis.org)
Date: 12/15/04
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To: Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:14:19 -0500
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 20:14 -0300, Werner Almesberger wrote:
> Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > It can be easier to send the wrong command to a device, or even the
> > wrong device than to use a wrong system call.
>
> So invent some /dev/syscall/<syscall-device-name> and you've reduced
> this to good old clashes in a flat name space. You can hide all the
> ugliness, sanity checking, etc. in a library.
>
Already working on something. But I was a little distracted by some real
work :-) But I'll have a little device driver that can implement
dynamic system calls soon, and a library that will hide the real
ugliness.
> I also think that a more direct approach for dynamic syscalls would
> be nice, but the current status quo is far from unbearable.
>
>
> - Werner
>
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