linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] syscalls: Remove file path comments from headers

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Message-ID: <038984b4-9e95-bc4b-e763-95bf24426f07@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:17:17 -0700
From:   Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] syscalls: Remove file path comments from headers

On 6/22/2023 8:10 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Applied to the asm-generic tree, thanks!
> 

Great, thanks for the quick response.

While going through the comments, I was wondering if we have a
definition of what constitutes a deprecated syscall vs an obsolete one?

For deprecated we have some information saying:
> /*
>  * Deprecated system calls which are still defined in
>  * include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h and wanted by >= 1 arch
>  */

But, I couldn't find anything for obsolete system calls.

Sohil