linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] xtensa: move SYS_XTENSA

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Message-ID: <CALxhOni=HJ=88Hw3EqG9ayuEp4xTE0HfeEj3jgF8hrFBXLh3hQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 6 Nov 2018 07:59:04 +0530
From:   Firoz Khan <firoz.khan@...aro.org>
To:     Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
Cc:     Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>, linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        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>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>,
        Marcin Juszkiewicz <marcin.juszkiewicz@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] xtensa: move SYS_XTENSA_* macros to non uapi header

Hi Max,

On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 at 02:59, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 6:56 AM Firoz Khan <firoz.khan@...aro.org> wrote:
> > All the SYS_XTENSA_* macros used by sysxtensa syscall
> > handlers are resides in the uapi header file move to
> > non uapi header asm/unistd.h as it is not used by any
> > user space applications.
>
> These definitions are meant to be used by the userspace to
> perform atomic operations in the absence of atomic access
> instructions in the xtensa CPU variant.

Ohh. I can revert these changes.
Thanks for your feedback.

Firoz

>
> --
> Thanks.
> -- Max