Re: What's the point of __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__?

[viro]

> --- drivers/media/dvb/frontends/alps_tdlb7.c	29 Jul 2003 17:25:42 -0000	1.2
> +++ drivers/media/dvb/frontends/alps_tdlb7.c	21 Sep 2003 04:01:52 -0000
[snip]
> @@ -161,25 +158,25 @@ static int sp8870_read_code(const char *
>  	loff_t l;
>  	char *dp;
>  
> -	fd = open(fn, 0, 0);
> +	fd = sys_open(fn, 0, 0);

*Ugh*

What context is it executed in?  I'd tried to trace the potential callers,
but I don't see immediate reasons to believe that it never can happen in
user task context.  It either should be shown (and commented) or we'd
better switch to filp_open() and friends.  Descriptor tables can be shared...
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