Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/3] getcpu_cache: wire up ARM system call

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

----- On Jan 27, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Mathieu Desnoyers mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> ----- On Jan 27, 2016, at 1:19 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
> linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:54:42AM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>>> Wire up the getcpu cache system call on 32-bit ARM. Call the
>> 
>> You should note that your chosen system call number of 391 is temporary
>> here and can't be relied upon as we have to wire up the new
>> copy_file_range() call on ARM (which I've just committed the patch for.)
>> 
>> I'd much prefer the wiring up to be either an entirely separate patch
>> (which must be submitted to me, and I'll merge between -rc1 and -rc2
>> along with any other syscall updates) or you leave the wiring up to me.
>> 
>> This is so that I can ensure that (a) system calls numbers are not
>> duplicated and (b) ensure that we follow the same logical order as x86
>> where possible.
> 
> Just to make sure I understand: you would prefer if I split this
> patch into two: one that adds the getcpu_cache_handle_notify_resume()
> call in the resume notifier ("getcpu_cache ARM architecture support"),
> and a separate patch for wiring up the system call ?

I just refactored my patchset as described above (for upcoming v3). Just
to make sure there is no confusion, I target Linux 4.6 for this patchset,
since the 4.5 merge window is closed.

Thanks,

Mathieu

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mathieu
> 
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
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