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

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Date:   Sun, 11 Aug 2019 20:04:22 -0700
From:   Alistair Francis <alistair23@...il.com>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@....com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] syscalls: Update the syscall #defines to match uapi

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 5:00 PM Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> 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"?

Yeah, I guess that isn't clear. What I mean is that if
__ARCH_WANT_NEW_STAT is defined but __ARCH_WANT_STAT64 isn't currently
it will fail to build.

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

I can send a v2 with an updated commit message.

Alistair

>
> --Andy