linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] syscalls: Update the syscall #defines to match uapi

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Date:   Sun, 11 Aug 2019 17:00:43 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@....com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>, alistair23@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] syscalls: Update the syscall #defines to match uapi

On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 6:11 PM Alistair Francis
<alistair.francis@....com> wrote:
>
> Update the #defines around sys_fstat64() and sys_fstatat64() to match
> the #defines around the __NR3264_fstatat and __NR3264_fstat definitions
> in include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h. This avoids compiler failures if
> one is defined.

What do you mean by "if one is defined"?

The patch seems like it's probably okay, but I can't understand the changelog.

--Andy