# Re: \[PATCHv2 1/1\] Documentation: describe how to add a system call

- From: H. Peter Anvin \<hpa@zytor.com\>
- Date: 2015-08-01 06:29:36 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2015/08/4548635
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2015/07/4546466/t.md

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Desnoyers [ref],"linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" [ref],"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" [ref],Peter Zijlstra [ref]
Message-ID: [ref]

Let me see if I can unbury it - probably not until Monday, though.

On July 31, 2015 11:18:06 PM PDT, Josh Triplett [ref] wrote:
>On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 09:56:46PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 07/31/2015 09:32 PM, Josh Triplett wrote:
>> > 
>> > Sure, agreed.  But I really hope we don't create new kernel ABIs
>that
>> > involve constructs like that.
>> > 
>> 
>> It's worth noting I have pushed for auto-marshalling in general for a
>> long time, not the least to get rid of the awful syscall(3) wrapper. 
>I
>> even built a prototype but didn't have time to productize it.
>
>Interesting!  Can you post the prototype?
>
>- Josh Triplett

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