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    >     I observe the lossage only on linux.
    >     OTOH, linux is all I have access to.
    >
    > Surely it is the GNU/Linux system, not just Linux.
    > Please don't call it "Linux" -- that is unfair to us.

    Well, he was talking of the behavior of the system call and the
    kernel.

Yes, but it's clear that his second sentence refers to the whole system,
not just the kernel.