Re: Is sys_sysfs used?

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Patrick Mochel wrote:

>
> In fs/filesystems.c, we have sys_sysfs:
>
> /*
>  * Whee.. Weird sysv syscall.
>  */
> asmlinkage long sys_sysfs(int option, unsigned long arg1, unsigned long arg2)
> {
> 	...
> }
>
> Which is, as advertised, kinda weird.
>
> I see that only one architecture defines __NR_sysfs: x86-64, though it
> appears most architectures mention it in arch/*/kernel/entry.S (or
> equivalent).
>
> Is it used anymore? Would it be possible to remove it?
>
>
> 	-pat

But what would you use as a place-holder?? There are lots
of unused sys-calls (break, acct, lock, mpx, etc). You
certainly can't be running out of numbers, and you certainly
can't remove  a number and change everything else, you'll
not get up, even with static-linked files!

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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