linux-kernel - Re: [patch cr 2/4] [RFC] syscalls, x86: Add __NR

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Message-ID: <4F2B45F6.7020704@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:27:02 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>,
	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: [patch cr 2/4] [RFC] syscalls, x86: Add __NR_kcmp syscall v7

On 02/02/2012 03:26 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>
>> --- linux-2.6.git.orig/kernel/Makefile
>> +++ linux-2.6.git/kernel/Makefile
>> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ endif
>>   obj-y += sched/
>>   obj-y += power/
>>
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_X86) += kcmp.o
>
> Can we turn this into obj-$(CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTART) and add the
> cond_syscall to sys_ni.c?
>
> I keep saying this, because "hey, we can delete it all again" figures
> largely in my rationale for merging your code ;)
>

Ah, yes please.

	-hpa

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