linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86-64: re-use kernel/syscall_table

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Message-Id: <201104281435.33344.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:35:33 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86-64: re-use kernel/syscall_table_32.S in ia32/ia32entry.S

On Wednesday 27 April 2011, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 04/27/2011 09:40 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >>
> >> Yes, that's certainly an alternative.
> > 
> > How about following the same style as asm-generic/unistd.h? It's
> > originally derived from the x86 version, but has added support for
> > compat syscalls for the tile architecture.
> > 
> 
> Yep, something like that (although I have to say the __SC_3264 syntax
> makes me want to barf.)

If you have a suggestion for a better syntax, I'd hope we can do
that in asm-generic as well. My goal is to have those files set
an example of how to best write architecture specific versions if
they have to be different.

	Arnd
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