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Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc



On 07.11.2018 03:34, matthew green wrote:
> "Maya Rashish" writes:
>> Module Name:	src
>> Committed By:	maya
>> Date:		Mon Nov  5 04:08:40 UTC 2018
>>
>> Modified Files:
>> 	src/lib/libc: shlib_version
>>
>> Log Message:
>> Suggest to remove lfs_ stubs on a major bump.
>> they're deprecated, ioctl is used instead.
> 
> please revert this, or, convince everyone it's OK to remove the
> old support entirely.
> 

I've found it myself quite odd that we use(d) generic syscall entry
table for particular filesystem calls. ioctl(2) looks like a better match.

> either the support is useful and the libc syscall entry points
> should remain (debateable, seems unlikely), or, the whole lot
> is not worth keeping (yay!).
> 

What else is not worth keeping?

> thanks!
> 
> 
> .mrg.
> 


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