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Re: [PATCH 1/2] add kexec_load() syscall
On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 13:04:21 Thomas Schwinge wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Wed, 23 May 2012 12:04:21 +0200, maximilian attems <max@stro.at>
wrote:
> > diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
> > b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list index eef6d82..e530b19 100644
> > --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
> > +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
> > @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ inotify_init1 EXTRA inotify_init1 i:I
inotify_init1
> >
> > inotify_rm_watch EXTRA inotify_rm_watch i:ii inotify_rm_watch
> > ioperm - ioperm i:iii ioperm
> > iopl - iopl i:i iopl
> >
> > +kexec_load EXTRA kexec_load i:pipi kexec_load
> >
> > klogctl EXTRA syslog i:isi klogctl
> > lchown - lchown i:sii __lchown lchown
> > madvise - madvise i:pii madvise
>
> I wonder, shouldn't also a generic ENOSYS implementation be added? And
> the new interface be announced in NEWS?
This is all Linux specific - and every architecture has it. So, no need for
a generic ENOSYS IMO.
Announcing via NEWS is indeed something we should do,
Andreas
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