Re: [PATCH] Add key management syscalls to non-i386 archs

Christoph Hellwig [off-list ref] wrote:

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Hi Linus, Andrew,

 > 
 > The attached patch adds syscalls for almost all archs (everything barring
 > m68knommu which is in a real mess, and i386 which already has it).
 > 
 > It also adds 32->64 compatibility where appropriate.

 Umm, that patch added the damn multiplexer that had been vetoed multiple
 times.  Why did this happen?

Fifteen new syscalls was judged excessive and the keyfs interface was
judged slow and bloaty.