linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] use struct pt_regs based syscall calling for x86-64

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Message-ID: <20180330120010.yjjihmfsi7yjcvo5@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:00:11 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, arnd@...db.de,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] use struct pt_regs based syscall calling for x86-64


* Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 01:03:54PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > > > The whole series is available at
> > > > > 
> > > > >         https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux.git syscalls-WIP
> > > > 
> > > > BTW., I'd like all these bits to go through the x86 tree.
> > > > 
> > > > What is the expected merge route of the generic preparatory bits?
> > > 
> > > My current plan is to push the 109 patch bomb to remove in-kernel calls to syscalls
> > > directly to Linus once v4.16 is released.
> > 
> > Are there any (textual and semantic) conflicts with the latest -next?
> > 
> > Also, to what extent were these 109 patches tested in -next?
> 
> These 109 patches are equivalent to the syscalls tree in linux-next. Most of
> these patches habe been in there for quite a while (the last major batch went
> in on March 22; other patches are in there since March 14th).
> 
> Conflicts existend with asm-generic and metag (which contain remvoal of some
> architectures; I have solved that issue by not caring about those archs any
> more); trivial conflicts exist since very few days with the vfs and sparc
> trees.

Ok, great - all that sounds good to me, and I'll integrate the x86 bits once the 
generic bits are upstream.

Thanks,

	Ingo