> [...] there *is* one case where going through _syscallX() and
> therefore int 0x80 from the kernel *is* the only way. This is when the
> caller is a module. That is how I call sysfs() from BFS module.
You can pick whichever variant you prefer - obviously you should pick the
fastest possible one. A number of system call base functions are exported
btw. as a kernel symbol, so you can link your module eg. against
sys_close() just fine.
-- mingo
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