Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] init: add sys-wrapper.h

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Friday 17 September 2010, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > -     int err = sys_mount(name, "/root", fs, flags, data);
> > +     int err = kernel_sys_mount(name, "/root", fs, flags, data);
> 
> It would be good if we could arrange for all kernel syscalls to use
> the wrappers.  ie: cause a direct call to sys_mount() to not compile?
> 
> I don't know how practical that would be.

One common reason to call a sys_* function is to implement another
system call, e.g. sys_socketcall calling sys_socket or
compat_sys_timer_create calling sys_timer_create.

I think in those cases we don't really want to go through another
wrapper.

	Arnd
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