linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 6/7] DCE/DSE: riscv: add HAVE_TRIM_UNUSED

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Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:10:17 +0200
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "Zhangjin Wu" <falcon@...ylab.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     "Palmer Dabbelt" <palmer@...osinc.com>,
        "Paul Walmsley" <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, paulburton@...nel.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        "Thomas Bogendoerfer" <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        "Willy Tarreau" <w@....eu>,
        Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>,
        "Tim Bird" <tim.bird@...y.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 6/7] DCE/DSE: riscv: add HAVE_TRIM_UNUSED_SYSCALLS support

On Tue, Sep 26, 2023, at 00:42, Zhangjin Wu wrote:
> For HAVE_TRIM_UNUSED_SYSCALLS, the syscall tables are hacked with the
> inputing unused_syscalls.
>
> Firstly, the intermediate preprocessed .i files are generated from the
> original C version of syscall tables respectively, and named with a
> 'used' suffix: syscall_table_used.i, compat_syscall_table_used.i.
>
> Secondly, all of the unused syscalls are commented.
>
> At last, two new objective files sufixed with 'used' are generated from
> the hacked .i files and they are linked into the eventual kernel image.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhangjin Wu <falcon@...ylab.org>

As mentioned in my comment on the mips patch, hacking the preprocessed
file here is too much strain on the old infrastructure, the
asm-generic/unistd.h file is already too hard to understand for
anyone and in need of an overhaul, so let's work together on fixing
it up first.

      Arnd