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

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Date:   Fri, 16 Nov 2018 11:18:35 +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 v2 1/3] xtensa: add __NR_syscalls along with __NR_syscall_count

Hi Max,

On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 at 01:15, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Great, thanks!

Firoz
>
> --
> Thanks.
> -- Max