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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 20:01:45 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>, Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>, Jan Hubicka <hubicka@....cz>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86 LTO changes for v3.15 On Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:54:23 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com> wrote: > On 03/31/2014 05:33 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > I notice that there seems to be a handful of x86 system calls that > > don't use the SYSCALL_DEFINEx() macros to define the system call, some > > grepping finds at least ioperm(), modify_ldt(), sigreturn() and > > rt_sigreturn(). There are probably others. They should just be > > converted to SYSCALL_DEFINEx() while at it. No, x86 doesn't need the > > typecasting, but it won't hurt either, and it's good to be consistent. > > > > I'm not sure why those system calls didn't get converted (other > > x86-specific ones like vm86() _have_ gotten converted), maybe there's > > some reason for it. But I *think* the reason is "nobody noticed". > > > > Pretty much. If nothing else, it breaks tracing. Why would they break tracing? I remember there was a issue with compat calls, are these related to that? -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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