linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm-current tree with the tip tree

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Date:	Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:58:32 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Eric B Munson <emunson@...mai.com>,
	"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm-current tree with the tip tree

Hi Andrew,

On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 1:21 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> New syscalls are rather a pain, both from the patch-monkeying POV and
> also because nobody knows what the syscall numbers will be until
> everything lands in mainline.  Oh well, it doesn't happen often and
> it's easy stuff.

One more reason to let the assignment of syscall numbers be handled
(1) by the architecture maintainer, (2) after -rc1, even for x86.

If x86 is no more the canonical source, scripts/checksyscalls.sh needs an
update, though.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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