linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1 fyi] tools headers UAPI: Sync unistd.h to pick {list,stat}mount, lsm_{[gs]et_self_attr,list

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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 11:55:17 -0500
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>, 
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>, 
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, 
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 fyi] tools headers UAPI: Sync unistd.h to pick
 {list,stat}mount, lsm_{[gs]et_self_attr,list_modules} syscall numbers

On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 11:05 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
<acme@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> tldr; Just FYI, I'm carrying this on the perf tools tree.

Thanks.

> So its important not to touch the copies in tools/ when doing changes in
> the original kernel headers, that will be done later, when
> check-headers.sh inform about the change to the perf tools hackers.

We had a chat with Linus about this during this past merge window and
I've made a mental note not to update any syscall numbers under tools/
in the future.  I apologize for any problems here, believe it or not
we were trying to be helpful ;)

-- 
paul-moore.com