Re: [RFC] proposed IPC changes to support 32-bit UIDs

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 00:40:03 +0000 (GMT)

> Does this mean that I can't rename the system calls from getuid to
> getuid16, etc., either? (at worst, my changes to unistd.h may cause
> problems to those who recompile the C library against the new kernel
> headers, but shouldn't affect ordinary program compiles)

Renaming system calls is bad. I got (rightfully) toasted by Ulrich Drepper
for doing that with umount - now umount2(). The syscall name is between libc
and the kernel and changing them breaks compat issues and makes life hard for
lib people.

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