linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] m68k: Wire up direct ipc calls

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Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:18:53 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...inux.org>,
	"Linux/m68k" <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] m68k: Wire up direct ipc calls

Hi Andreas,

On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> writes:
>> You mean that we should drop "select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION",
>> but we can't do that because an indirect call through sys_ipc() would
>> still need it when dispatching to sys_{sem,shm,msg}ctl()?
>
> Yes.  But all architectures that currently use both sys_ipc and
> ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION would benefit from decoupling it when they
> add the direct syscalls.

Do we currently have architectures that use both sys_ipc and the direct
syscalls, where keeping ipc_parse_version() in the direct syscalls is required?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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