On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 04:39:31PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Solar Designer: > > > While I share my opinion here, I don't mean that to block Madhavan's > > work. I'd rather defer to people more knowledgeable in current userland > > and ABI issues/limitations and plans on dealing with those, especially > > to Florian Weimer. I haven't seen Florian say anything specific for or > > against Madhavan's proposal, and I'd like to. (Have I missed that?) [...] > I think it's unnecessary for the libffi use case. [...] > I don't know if kernel support could > make sense in this context, but it would be a completely different > patch. Thanks. Are there currently relevant use cases where the proposed trampfd would be useful and likely actually made use of by userland - e.g., specific userland project developers saying they'd use it, or Madhavan intending to develop and contribute userland patches? Alexander
