> I agree that currently the instructions do effectively nothing for
> most processes. But what happens if the kernel changes the init
> values, that's the point. If you have all the code in one place this
> is no problem. But requiring synchronization between the kernel and
> the libc is exactly what everybody wants to avoid.
Kernel already promises you not to change many things. For example
kernel will hardly change syscall number for open(). So just ask Linus
to promise you not to change initialization value.
Pavel
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