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Re: [PATCH] x86: Wire up 32-bit direct socket calls
- From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor dot com>
- To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert at linux-m68k dot org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto at kernel dot org>
- Cc: X86 ML <x86 at kernel dot org>, Network Development <netdev at vger dot kernel dot org>, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto at amacapital dot net>, "linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org" <linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org>, Alexander Larsson <alexl at redhat dot com>, Cosimo Cecchi <cosimo at endlessm dot com>, Dan Nicholson <nicholson at endlessm dot com>, libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Rajalakshmi Srinivasaraghavan <raji at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, Linux-Arch <linux-arch at vger dot kernel dot org>
- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:16:19 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Wire up 32-bit direct socket calls
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On 09/02/2015 02:48 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>
> Should all other architectures follow suit?
> Or should we follow the s390 approach:
>
It is up to the maintainer(s), largely dependent on how likely you are
going to want to support this in your libc, but in general, socketcall
is an abomination which there is no reason not to bypass.
So follow suit unless you have a strong reason not to.
-hpa