linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] m68k: Rename system call table file name

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Message-ID: <20180921054850.GA13343@frolo.macqel>
Date:   Fri, 21 Sep 2018 07:48:51 +0200
From:   Philippe De Muyter <phdm@...q.eu>
To:     Firoz Khan <firoz.khan@...aro.org>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        y2038@...ts.linaro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de, deepa.kernel@...il.com,
        marcin.juszkiewicz@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] m68k: Rename system call table file name

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 08:36:09PM +0530, Firoz Khan wrote:
> The system call table entries are present in syscalltable.S. One of
> the patch in this patch series will auto-generate the system call
> table entries using the system call table generation script and
> which'll replace the existig table file.
> 
> In order to come up with a common naming convention across all
> architecture, we need to change the file name to syscall_table.S.

That file was probably called that way to be able to distinguish it
from syscalltable.s and syscalltable.o in a file system with a 14
characters limit in file names (in sysV unix systems).

> This change will unify the implementation across all architecture.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Firoz Khan <firoz.khan@...aro.org>
> ---
>  arch/m68k/kernel/Makefile        |   2 +-
>  arch/m68k/kernel/syscall_table.S | 403 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/m68k/kernel/syscalltable.S  | 403 ---------------------------------------

You should generate your patch with the '-M' or '--find-renames' option.

Philippe

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