Re: [PATCH v3 1/6] mips: add __NR_syscalls along with __NR_Linux_syscalls

From: Firoz Khan
Date: Thu Nov 29 2018 - 23:46:04 EST


Hi Arnd,

Thanks for your email.

On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 19:41, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 9:44 AM Firoz Khan <firoz.khan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h | 17 ++++++++++++++---
> > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
> > index f25dd1d..6914be5 100644
> > --- a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
> > +++ b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
> > @@ -391,11 +391,14 @@
> > #define __NR_rseq (__NR_Linux + 367)
> > #define __NR_io_pgetevents (__NR_Linux + 368)
> >
> > +#ifdef __KERNEL__
> > +#define __NR_syscalls 368
> > +#endif
> >
> > /*
> > * Offset of the last Linux o32 flavoured syscall
> > */
> > -#define __NR_Linux_syscalls 368
> > +#define __NR_Linux_syscalls __NR_syscalls
>
> This seems odd: you define __NR_Linux_syscalls outside of
> #ifdef __KERNEL__, but the definition only works
> with __NR_syscalls being defined first, which it isn't in
> user space.
>
> Since the macros are completely unused as well as unusable
> now, how about removing them together with the other
> ones removed in patch 2?

Yes, good point, will update asap.

Firoz

>
> Arnd