Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] syscalls,x86 Expose arch_prctl on x86-32.

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Wed Sep 14 2016 - 17:29:36 EST


On 09/14/2016 02:01 PM, Kyle Huey wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Kyle Huey <khuey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 1 +
> arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 66 ----------------------------
> 3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)

Could you explain a bit about what is going on here? Is it just a plain
old code move, _why_ you had to do it this way, etc...?