Re: sys_syscall patch.

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>]

On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 01:38:27PM +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> > > What programs btw are using syscall()?  To be honest I don't recall one 
> > > ...
> > 
> > /sbin/rpc.lockd.
> > It use syscall() to indirectly call the 'sys_nfsservctl' syscall, why it
> > doesn't do the syscall directly is beyond me.
> 
>  Hmm, shouldn't syscall() be a library wrapper?  I think we should kill
> sys_syscall(). 

It's in the kernel for no better reason than Risc/OS and IRIX having this
syscall.  Also the glibc syscall implementation was historically broken
wrt. syscall restarting and a few other subtilities.

  Ralf