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diff --git a/Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst b/Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst index 1c3a840d06b9..a3ecb236576c 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ interface. to a somewhat opaque API. - If you're just exposing runtime system information, a new node in sysfs - (see ``Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt``) or the ``/proc`` filesystem may + (see ``Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst``) or the ``/proc`` filesystem may be more appropriate. However, access to these mechanisms requires that the relevant filesystem is mounted, which might not always be the case (e.g. in a namespaced/sandboxed/chrooted environment). Avoid adding any API to @@ -541,9 +541,9 @@ References and Sources :manpage:`syscall(2)` man-page: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/syscall.2.html#NOTES - Collated emails from Linus Torvalds discussing the problems with ``ioctl()``: - http://yarchive.net/comp/linux/ioctl.html + https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/ioctl.html - "How to not invent kernel interfaces", Arnd Bergmann, - http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2007/2007/papers/Bergmann.pdf + https://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2007/2007/papers/Bergmann.pdf - LWN article from Michael Kerrisk on avoiding new uses of CAP_SYS_ADMIN: https://lwn.net/Articles/486306/ - Recommendation from Andrew Morton that all related information for a new |