linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] syscalls: Fix references to filenames containing syscall defs

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1911051033050.17054@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Tue, 5 Nov 2019 10:34:07 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Mohammad Nasirifar <far.nasiri.m@...il.com>
cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mohammad Nasirifar <farnasirim@...il.com>,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] syscalls: Fix references to filenames containing
 syscall defs

On Mon, 4 Nov 2019, Mohammad Nasirifar wrote:

> Fix stale references to files containing syscall definitions in
> 'include/linux/syscalls.h' and 'include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h',
> pointing to 'kernel/itimer.c', 'kernel/hrtimer.c', and 'kernel/time.c'.
> They are now under 'kernel/time'.
> 
> Also definitions of 'getpid', 'getppid', 'getuid', 'geteuid', 'getgid',
> 'getegid', 'gettid', and 'sysinfo' are now in 'kernel/sys.c'.

Can we please remove these file references completely. They are going to be
stale sooner than later again and they really do not provide any value.

Thanks,

	tglx