From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Amit Choudhary <amit2030@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] implement-system-call-mini-HOWTO.txt
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:04:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1163405053.15249.104.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061112221437.3572c275.amit2030@gmail.com>
On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 22:14 -0800, Amit Choudhary wrote:
> Description: A mini HOWTO on implementing a new system call.
> Although, I think that implementing new system calls is discouraged, many people do end up in implementing proprietary system calls.
what do you mean by that? Do you mean open source-but-forked ? Yes that
is bad, because applications written to use that system call will not
work later on when the upstream kernel uses your system call number for
something else....
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-13 8:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-13 6:14 Amit Choudhary
2006-11-13 8:04 ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]
2006-11-13 9:23 ` Jan Engelhardt
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