Re: New Syscall

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

On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:01:32PM +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
 >    The syscall is sctp_peeloff().
 > 
 > Hmm...  Introducing a protocol-specific syscall doesn't strike me as a
 > great design.  I can imagine wanting to do something similar with,
 > e.g., minimalt, if we ever had that in-kernel.
 > 
 > If we have to have something protocol-specific, an ioctl would work
 > just as well, and use up a somewhat less scarce resource.

Since when are system call numbers scarce resources? Meanwhile, while
ioctls are traditional for this kind of thing, proliferation of ioctls
isn't good for anyone or anything.

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David A. Holland
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