linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6 v3] sycalls: Remove args i and n from syscall_get

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Date:   Thu, 4 Apr 2019 15:24:16 -1000
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@...linux.org>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6 v3] sycalls: Remove args i and n from syscall_get_arguments()

On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 3:28 AM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
>
> Is this something that can go into this -rc release or would you want
> me to wait till the next merge window?
>
> The reason I ask, is that there's two arch patches in this series that
> have stable tags attached to them. But I moved things around such that
> they are applied before the global arch patches are and can be applied
> independently.
>
> Should I move those two patches up front and just add those to this
> release cycle, or would you like the entire series now?

I think I can take the entire series. It's removing code and fixing a
couple of bugs in the process. Even if not all changes are pure fixes,
it looks good to me.

I assume you've actually used this and can trace system calls with
arguments properly, so that it's all tested at least on x86-64?

                    Linus