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The system's C library would use the syscalls directly and the application would use the C library routines. So if/when the OS updates the syscall ABI, it would
by jjnoakes 9y ago
The system's C library would use the syscalls directly and the application would use the C library routines. So if/when the OS updates the syscall ABI, it would also update the system's C library to use the new syscalls, and the application would continue to use the stable C library API and get the new syscalls under the covers automatically.