linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] mips: rename macros and files from '64' to 'n64'

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Message-ID: <20181213201540.ae6pxtm2xmrxnaaa@pburton-laptop>
Date:   Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:15:41 +0000
From:   Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>
To:     Firoz Khan <firoz.khan@...aro.org>
CC:     "linux-mips@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.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 v4 3/7] mips: rename macros and files from '64' to 'n64'

Hi Firoz,

On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 02:23:21PM +0530, Firoz Khan wrote:
> > > So If you confirm I can send v5 without '64' to 'n64' conversion (not just above
> > > one, completely from this patch series). Or uou can take a call just
> > > keep this macro -
> > > _MIPS_SIM_ABI64 as it is and change it rest of the place.
> >
> > Let's just go ahead & leave everything as 64, and I'll do the 64 -> n64
> > rename later. I hoped whilst you were adding n64-specific code this
> > would be an easy change, but at this point let's just prioritize getting
> > the series applied without the naming change so it can sit in -next for
> > a while before the merge window.
> 
> I'll keep the macro - _MIPS_SIM_ABI64 same and will not change the rest
> of the patch series. Unfortunately, reverting back to 64 from n64 has lots of
> work.

I've applied v5 but undone the change from __NR_64_* to __NR_N64_*
because it's part of the UAPI & a github code search showed that it's
actually used.

Could you take a look at this branch & check that you're OK with it
before I push it to mips-next?

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mips/linux.git test-syscalls

  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mips/linux.git/log/?h=test-syscalls

Thanks,
    Paul