linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] x86/syscall: use int for x86-64 system calls

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Date:   Wed, 19 May 2021 09:17:30 -0700
From:   "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] x86/syscall: use int for x86-64 system calls

:)

On May 19, 2021 4:29:29 AM PDT, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
>
>* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
>
>> From: "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <hpa@...or.com>
>> 
>> This patchset addresses several inconsistencies in the handling of
>> system call numbers in x86-64 (and x32).
>
>>  arch/x86/entry/common.c                         |  93 +++--
>>  arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S                       |   2 +-
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h                  |   2 +-
>>  tools/testing/selftests/x86/syscall_numbering.c | 488
>+++++++++++++++++++++---
>>  4 files changed, 508 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)
>
>Thanks Peter - this series is really nice now, and I agree that this 
>inconsistency should be fixed.
>
>Thanks,
>
>	Ingo

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