linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 23/27] [AARCH64] delouse input arguments in system functions

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1606211035510.4526@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:36:53 +0000
From:	Joseph Myers <joseph@...esourcery.com>
To:	Yury Norov <ynorov@...iumnetworks.com>
CC:	<libc-alpha@...rceware.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<arnd@...db.de>, <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	<marcus.shawcroft@....com>, <philb@....org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<szabolcs.nagy@....com>, <maxim.kuvyrkov@...aro.org>,
	<pinskia@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/27] [AARCH64] delouse input arguments in system
 functions

On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, Yury Norov wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <ynorov@...iumnetworks.com>

You're missing a patch description.  What does "delouse" even mean?  What 
is the ABI peculiarity that means there are ABI-conforming arguments to 
these functions that need such a manipulation?

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@...esourcery.com