linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/checksyscalls.sh: only whine perf_counter

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Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0906130348p474faf57yeb729aa07059c599@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:48:52 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/checksyscalls.sh: only whine perf_counter_open 
	when supported

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 07:29, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> If the port does not support HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS, then they can't support
> the perf_counter_open syscall either.  Rather than forcing everyone to add
> an ignore (or suffer the warning until they get around to implementing
> support), only whine about the syscall when applicable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>

Andrew: could you pick this up since Ingo acked it now ?
-mike
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