Re: [RFC/PATCH] revokeat/frevoke system calls V5

[H. Peter Anvin]

Alan wrote:
> > I'm not sure.  Turning, for example, the statat(dir_fd, name == NULL)  
> > error case into fstat(dir_fd) sounds like a way for apps, admittedly  
> > buggy ones, to be surprised.  Maybe libc would be exptected to catch  
> > the error before performing the shared system call?
>
> At that point would it not be cheaper to have two system calls, the table
> cost isn't very large.

It's not just the table, though, you need two entry points, but even 
that isn't really all that big either, I guess.

	-hpa
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