linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] xtensa: add __NR_syscalls along with __NR_syscall

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Date:   Thu, 15 Nov 2018 11:45:30 -0800
From:   Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
To:     Firoz Khan <firoz.khan@...aro.org>
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@...ts.linaro.org, LKML <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@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] xtensa: add __NR_syscalls along with __NR_syscall_count

On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 2:05 AM Firoz Khan <firoz.khan@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 at 05:19, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com> wrote:
> > If we remove __NR_syscall_count from the uapi header I'd
> > suggest dropping it completely and switching its two current
> > users to __NR_syscalls.
>
> I'm not removing the __NR_syscall_count macro; just place it
> in asm/unistd.h file for the above reason.

Ok, I'll apply this series to the xtensa tree and make my cleanups
on top of it.

> FYI, I made sure that the kernel will build with my patch. I would
> appreciate if you can perform the boot test on the actual platform.

I did a simple boot testing on a range of configurations, it works.
I'll also run LTP a bit later.

-- 
Thanks.
-- Max