From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7104C43441 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 02:36:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66311214DB for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 02:36:32 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="t3mlrN7v" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 66311214DB Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730072AbeKLM1a (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:27:30 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:46034 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727282AbeKLM1a (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:27:30 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [206.108.79.134]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A91DB20871; Mon, 12 Nov 2018 02:36:30 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1541990190; bh=wVU/hd9Wkr+YpJDYbmIzHf60E5NiLEHdR6posnaJIRA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=t3mlrN7vhOoCEa//UJiojqzShE1gQgsHNt/vTuTIE81MuKPGEZdZfcJCt668MfOiS 8E9g71QKFzrabt6Rv2nLimXPuekhXAiYNNaJvn3N2ALF1c3VZYm58gisxHLf3EXDR9 JLuDjVAowBJp1BqqlpQx0GgBhTifbuIfC4CxLmRs= Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 18:36:30 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Carlos O'Donell Cc: Daniel Colascione , linux-kernel , Joel Fernandes , Linux API Subject: Re: Official Linux system wrapper library? Message-ID: <20181112023630.GA20359@kroah.com> References: <20181110192027.GA29892@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 09:24:40PM -0500, Carlos O'Donell wrote: > On 11/10/18 2:20 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > Also, what about the basic work of making sure our uapi header files can > > actually be used untouched by a libc? That isn't the case these days as > > the bionic maintainers like to keep reminding me. That might be a good > > thing to do _before_ trying to add new things like syscall wrappers. > I agree completely. There are many steps in the checklist to writing > a new syscall, heck we should probably have a checklist! We should have a checklist. That's a great idea. Now to find someone to write it... :) I'll try to make it to the plumbers talk, but I think there's a competing one I am supposed to be at at the same time. greg k-h