linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 2/4] arch: allocate vgetrandom

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUGkhFu7X8eUMU1qqTOLKC=xsXWG2obPUeTwzyMGD8grw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:56:06 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        tglx@...utronix.de, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Adhemerval Zanella Netto <adhemerval.zanella@...aro.org>,
        "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@...hat.com>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 2/4] arch: allocate vgetrandom_alloc() syscall number

Hi Jason,

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 10:09 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com> wrote:
> Add vgetrandom_alloc() as syscall 451 (or 561 on alpha) by adding it to
> all of the various syscall.tbl and unistd.h files.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>

Thanks for your patch!

What's the policy regarding adding syscall numbers for VDSO-related
syscalls on architectures that do not support VDSOs yet?

>  arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl               | 1 +

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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