linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 2/6] mm: mlock: Add new mlock, munlock, and munlockall system calls

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Date:	Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:53:13 -0400
From:	Eric B Munson <emunson@...mai.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-am33-list@...hat.com,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	adi-buildroot-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-cris-kernel@...s.com,
	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 2/6] mm: mlock: Add new mlock, munlock, and munlockall
 system calls

On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Guenter Roeck wrote:

> On 07/24/2015 07:39 AM, Eric B Munson wrote:
> >On Thu, 23 Jul 2015, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> >
> >>On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 10:15:01AM -0400, Eric B Munson wrote:
> >>
> >>>>
> >>>>You haven't wired it up properly on powerpc, but I haven't mentioned it because
> >>>>I'd rather we did it.
> >>>>
> >>>>cheers
> >>>
> >>>It looks like I will be spinning a V5, so I will drop all but the x86
> >>>system calls additions in that version.
> >>
> >>The MIPS bits are looking good however, so
> >>
> >>Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
> >>
> >>With my ack, will you keep them or maybe carry them as a separate patch?
> >
> >I will keep the MIPS additions as a separate patch in the series, though
> >I have dropped two of the new syscalls after some discussion.  So I will
> >not include your ack on the new patch.
> >
> >Eric
> >
> 
> Hi Eric,
> 
> next-20150724 still has some failures due to this patch set. Are those
> being looked at (I know parisc builds fail, but there may be others) ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Guenter

Guenter,

Yes, the next respin will drop all new arch syscall entries except
x86[_64] and MIPS.  I will leave it up to arch maintainers to add the
entries.

Eric

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