linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: align with scripts/syscall.tbl migration

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Message-ID: <87v7qdx59u.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Tue, 06 May 2025 07:01:01 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Jesung Yang <y.j3ms.n@...il.com>
Cc: workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jesung Yang <y.j3ms.n@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: align with scripts/syscall.tbl migration

Jesung Yang <y.j3ms.n@...il.com> writes:

> Update the documentation to reflect the migration of the following
> architectures to the centralized syscall table format:
>
>   arc, arm64, csky, hexagon, loongarch, nios2, openrisc, riscv
>
> As of commit 3db80c999debbad ("riscv: convert to generic syscall table"),
> these architectures no longer rely on include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h.
> Instead, syscall table headers (syscall_table_{32,64}.h) are generated by
> scripts/syscalltbl.sh based on entries in scripts/syscall.tbl, with ABIs
> specified in arch/*/kernel/Makefile.syscalls.
>
> For the convenience of developers working with older kernel versions, the
> original documentation is fully retained, with new sections added to
> cover the scripts/syscall.tbl approach.
>
> Verified with `make htmldocs`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jesung Yang <y.j3ms.n@...il.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240704143611.2979589-1-arnd@kernel.org

So this seems fine to me, but I would feel a bit better about it if the
relevant architecture maintainers and lists had been copied.  Could I
convince you to repost with those addresses included?

Thanks,

jon