linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] generic syscalls: kill cruft from removed pkey syscalls

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Date:   Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:37:29 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, x86@...nel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        mgorman@...hsingularity.net, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, luto@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] generic syscalls: kill cruft from removed pkey syscalls

On Monday, October 17, 2016 8:18:15 AM CEST Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> pkey_set() and pkey_get() were syscalls present in older versions
> of the protection keys patches.  They were fully excised from the
> x86 code, but some cruft was left in the generic syscall code.  The
> C++ comments were intended to help to make it more glaring to me to
> fix them before actually submitting them.  That technique worked,
> but later than I would have liked.
> 
> I test-compiled this for arm64.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: x86@...nel.org
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: mgorman@...hsingularity.net
> Cc: linux-api@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Cc: luto@...nel.org
> Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
> Cc: torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
> Fixes: a60f7b69d92c0 ("generic syscalls: Wire up memory protection keys syscalls")

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>