linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_32: remove the useless NR

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Message-ID: <20080118081306.GC16597@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:13:06 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@...il.com>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_32: remove the useless NR_syscalls macro


* Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@...il.com> wrote:

> This is against current x86.git.
> 
> The size of the system call table for 32-bit x86 kernels is obtained 
> by compile-time calculation of the sys_call_table array, not from the 
> value, which the NR_syscalls macro expands to. This trivial patch 
> removes the fossil macro.
> 
> Manually tested by grepping the x86 files for the "NR_syscalls" 
> string. No relevant use cases found.
> 
> Build-tested using allyesconfig, allnoconfig and a couple of 
> randconfig instances. All builds successfully finished.
> 
> Runtime test performed using a stripped-down Debian-ish config. The 
> system booted successfully.

thanks, applied.

	Ingo
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