Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] kernel tinification: optionally compile out splice family of syscalls (splice, vmsplice, tee and sendfile)
From: David Miller <hidden>
Date: 2014-11-25 17:13:05
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From: Randy Dunlap <redacted> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:17:58 -0800
Is the splice family of syscalls the only one that tiny has identified for optional building or can we expect similar treatment for other syscalls? Why will many embedded systems not need these syscalls? You know exactly what apps they run and you are positive that those apps do not use splice?
I think starting to compile out system calls is a very slippery slope we should not begin the journey down. This changes the forward facing interface to userspace. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html