linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86-64: seccomp: fix 32/64 syscall hole

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Date:	Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:31:54 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86-64: seccomp: fix 32/64 syscall hole


* Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com> wrote:

> +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> +		if (is_compat_task())
>  			syscall = mode1_syscalls_32;
>  #endif

btw., shouldnt is_compat_task() expand to 0 in the 
!CONFIG_COMPAT case? That way we could remove this #ifdef too. 
(and move the first #ifdef inside the array initialization so 
that we always have a mode1_syscalls_32[] array.)

	Ingo
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