Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-23,: Re: sys_mount cleanup

# Re: sys_mount cleanup

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
11 Jun 1999 20:33:29 -0700

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In article <linux.kernel.19990611203039.F1415@mencheca.ch.genedata.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <Matthew.Wilcox@genedata.com> wrote:
>
>Linux 1.0.0 had some backward compatibility with a sys_mount() which
>expected only 3 arguments, not 5. Would anyone care very much if this
>compatibility were to simply go away without warning in 2.3?

What's the advantage in doing this? From casually looking at the
code, it looks like it will drop a whopping 64 instructions out of
the kernel. Leave it in; it gives a nice piece of history, plus
it won't bite people when they drag their ancient MCC setups out
and load a 2.2 kernel over them.

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