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Re: Question about system calls
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 01:38:29PM -0700, Tom Bradley wrote:
> I know that the current maximum number of system calls is 256 and that (as of
> 2.4.13) there are 225 system calls (including some dead ones.) Are there any
> plans in future version to remove old ones or increase the maximum number?
There was quite some discussion about the number of system calls on
linux-kernel. I can't remember the exact outcome, but the bottom line
was that we approached the maximum number at a high speed. One of the
ideas was to create a range of dynamic syscall numbers, much in the
same way as you can get a dynamic major number for devices.
Erik
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