linux-kernel - Re: Cleaning up numbering for new x86 syscalls?

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Date:   Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:03:30 +0100
From:   Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>,
        Daniel Colascione <dancol@...gle.com>,
        "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@...hat.com>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
Subject: Re: Cleaning up numbering for new x86 syscalls?

* Andy Lutomirski:

> 5. Adjust the scripts so that we only have to wire up new syscalls
> once.  They'll have a nr above 1024, and they'll have the same nr on
> all x86 variants.

Is there a sufficiently sized gap on all other architectures as well?
The restriction to the x86 variants seems arbitrary to me.

Thanks,
Florian