linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] syscalls: Cleanup references to sys_lookup

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2023 22:33:51 -0700
From:   Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] syscalls: Cleanup references to sys_lookup_dcookie()

Hello,

On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 4:44 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 6/28/23 16:09, Sohil Mehta wrote:
> > commit 'be65de6b03aa ("fs: Remove dcookies support")' removed the
> > syscall definition for lookup_dcookie.  However, syscall tables still
> > point to the old sys_lookup_dcookie() definition. Update syscall tables
> > of all architectures to directly point to sys_ni_syscall() instead.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

I was about to say that it'd be nice if you split the tools/perf part
since it can support old kernels.  But if the syscall is only used for
oprofile then probably perf doesn't need to care about it. :)

For the perf part,
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>

Thanks,
Namhyung