Re: Drop IPC_OLD for direct ipc syscalls?

From	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: Drop IPC_OLD for direct ipc syscalls?
Date	2015-09-20 15:30 +0200
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Hi Andreas,

On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> writes:
>
>> Should I postpone wiring up the direct ipc syscalls on m68k (and thus renumber
>> __NR_membarrier) until the above is resolved, or can they go in in v4.3?
>
> If you wire up the direct ipc calls know you create an ABI that is
> harder to get rid of.

That's what I was mostly worried about.
Thanks for confirming!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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Drop IPC_OLD for direct ipc syscalls? (was: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] m68k:  Wire up direct ipc calls) Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2015-09-20 11:10 +0200
  Re: Drop IPC_OLD for direct ipc syscalls? Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> - 2015-09-20 12:40 +0200
    Re: Drop IPC_OLD for direct ipc syscalls? Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2015-09-20 15:30 +0200

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