linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v16 3/5] arch: allocate vgetrandom

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Message-ID: <Zlr-v8vd0JHKYtM-@zx2c4.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 12:58:07 +0200
From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, 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>,
	Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	David Hildenbrand <dhildenb@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 3/5] arch: allocate vgetrandom_alloc() syscall number

On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 07:26:21PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 03:28:58PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 3:10 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 03:08:00PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > Hi Jason,
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 2:24 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com> wrote:
> > > > > Add vgetrandom_alloc() as syscall 462 (or 572 on alpha) by adding it to
> > > > > all of the various syscall.tbl and unistd.h files.
> > > > >
> > > > > Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
> > > >
> > > > As of commit ff388fe5c481d39c ("mseal: wire up mseal syscall") in
> > > > v6.10-rc1, 462 is already taken.
> > > >
> > > > v17 ++ ;-)
> > >
> > > Oy! Thanks. I should have thought to rebase on rc1 anyway before posting
> > > this.
> > 
> > Sorted in https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random.git/log/?h=vdso
> > for the time being.
> > 
> 
> Please also get in the habit of using the --base option to git format-patch, so
> that it's actually possible to apply patches without guessing the base commit.

I recall you mentioning this to me in the past. I'll experiment with it
for the v+1.

Jason