From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262216AbTD3OuW (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:50:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262217AbTD3OuW (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:50:22 -0400 Received: from phoenix.mvhi.com ([195.224.96.167]:1292 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262216AbTD3OuV (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:50:21 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:02:39 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: chas williams Cc: David Howells , torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] add a stub by which a module can bind to the AFS syscall Message-ID: <20030430160239.A8956@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , chas williams , David Howells , torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030430150211.A7024@infradead.org> <200304301457.h3UEvMGi023283@locutus.cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200304301457.h3UEvMGi023283@locutus.cmf.nrl.navy.mil>; from chas@locutus.cmf.nrl.navy.mil on Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 10:57:22AM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 10:57:22AM -0400, chas williams wrote: > i dont believe it needs to be a variadic (the afs syscall will/uses the > first params). however, the syscall interface for afs predates linux. > changing to a different interface just for linux kernels seems somewhat > costly (programmers time) when this existing interface has been well > tested and debugged on several other operating systems. We need to repeat a mistake others did has never been a valid argument in linux devlopment.. Anyway, it's really hard to judge about this before seeing the actual implementation instead of just saying here's a stub I need.