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Re: support for calling Linux syscalls directly
On 01/31/2013 03:10 PM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2013, Rich Felker wrote:
>
>> What I'd like to see is an honest reevaluation of the currently
>> missing syscall wrappers glibc doesn't provide. If there are some that
>> libc should provide, let's get them added. If they're really not meant
>> to be used except in a single application (or not at all -- deprecated
>> junk) then they can just be left alone.
>
> I agree with that approach - with the requirement that any new syscall
> wrapper added must have a prototype included in some header that glibc
> installs.
>
I agree we should do this for things that are "glibc material".
-hpa