Re: [linuxsh-dev] Other changes

[NIIBE Y. <gn...@ch...>]

Stuart Menefy wrote:
 > I was pondering the syscall syscall a few weeks ago, when some software I
 > was porting needed it, and I don't really see the need for it. I guess
 > the advantage is it will appear as a syscall in an strace listing, the
 > disadvantage is it won't appear as a 'normal' broken down system call in
 > the strace output. And that was the only benefit I could see for it.

Agreed.

 > So the approch I took was to do the whole thing in glibc, there doesn't
 > appear to be any need for it in the kernel.

Good.

 > Or am I missing something?

I just put it as Kaz' kernel has the system call.  I think the libc
approach is better.  I withdraw the change in the kernel.

I'll include your change of GNU C Library.  Is it OK for you?
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