linux-kernel - Re: Existence of NR_create

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Date:	Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:26:34 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Vivek Singh <vivek.siwan@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Existence of NR_create_module for arm

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 02:02:06PM +0530, Vivek Singh wrote:
> Hello There,
> 
> While compiling tomoyo-tools for arm I  found that NR_create_module  is not
> available in
> arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
> 
> #define __NR_sigprocmask                (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+126)
>                                                        /* 127 was
> sys_create_module */
> #define __NR_init_module                (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+128)
> 
> 
> But it is available in
> 
> ./arch/x68/include/asm/unistd_32.h
> 
> #define __NR_sigprocmask        126
> #define __NR_create_module      127
> #define __NR_init_module        128
> 
> is there any reason why it is not available for arm ?

The syscall is obsolete, and has been for many years.
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