linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] ia64: uapi header and system call table file generation

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Date:   Fri, 28 Sep 2018 14:10:32 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Firoz Khan <firoz.khan@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        y2038 Mailman List <y2038@...ts.linaro.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>,
        Marcin Juszkiewicz <marcin.juszkiewicz@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] ia64: uapi header and system call table file generation

On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 4:16 PM Firoz Khan <firoz.khan@...aro.org> wrote:

> +#include <asm/syscall_table.h>
>         .org sys_call_table + 8*NR_syscalls     // guard against failures to increase NR_syscalls
> +#undef __SYSCALL

This part looks odd: according to the comment, this should only guard against
the table getting out of sync. However, with the script, that will never happen.

      Arnd