Re: [PATCH 59/60] microblaze_v4: syscall_table.S and unistd.h
From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Thu Jun 26 2008 - 14:21:52 EST
Arnd Bergmann wrote:
You still set __NR_fork. There is no point defining the number if you
can't actually call the syscall in the first place.
Worse, it is actively *harmful* to set the number; klibc or anything
that uses similar kinds of scripts for portability will see the symbol
and think the system call is available.
-hpa
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