linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] rename the provided execve functions to kernel

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Date:	Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:47:22 +1000
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
	Bjoern Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Chase Venters <chase.venters@...entec.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] rename the provided execve functions to kernel_execve

Arnd Bergmann writes:

> Some architectures provide an execve function that does not
> set errno, but instead returns the result code directly.
> Rename these to kernel_execve to get the right semantics there.
> Moreover, there is no reasone for any of these architectures to
> still provide __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__ or _syscallN macros, so
> remove these right away.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
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