Re: [patch 2/4] [RFC] syscalls, x86: Add __NR_kcmp syscall v4

From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
Date: Tue Jan 24 2012 - 02:22:09 EST


On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:17:16 +0400
Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:04:19PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > On 01/23/2012 10:47 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Why under /arch ?
> > >>
> > >
> > > Hi Kame,
> > >
> > > because I've tested it under x86 only. Once someone
> > > confirm it's needed on some else arch and does work
> > > as expected -- it wont be a problem to make it system
> > > wide. Until then -- I think better to stick with
> > > at least tested case.
> > > ...
> >
> > That's not a reason to put it in arch/ ... that's possibly a reason to
> > not map the system call on other architectures yet.
> >
>
> Where it should live then? In kernel/ or mm/ ?
>

kernel/checkpoint_restart ?

gathering related changes to a directory may help developpers joins later....
To me, this makes seeing git log easy ;)

Thanks,
-Kame

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