Re: sstk(2) removal proposal

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 06:40:04AM +0100, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
 > I propose to remove the sstk syscall.
 > 
 > It has been added in day0 by <cgd> with the initial NetBSD commit and
 > never implemented. It has been purged from OpenBSD and is still around
 > in FreeBSD as never implemented and commented for removal (in capabilities).
 > 
 > It used to mean "change stack section size", and it's from the same
 > family of functions as sbrk(2) and brk(2).
 > 
 > It does not look like a candidate for being relevant again in the age of
 > UVM, mmap(2) and 32/64-bit address space.

That really is obsolete trash; please nuke it...

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David A. Holland
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