Re: [PATCH RESEND] syscall_user_dispatch: Introduce ARCH_SUPPORTS_SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH

[Thomas Weißschuh]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 11:54:22AM +0800, Jinjie Ruan wrote:
> Currently, only x86 genuinely implements and supports Syscall User
> Dispatch (SUD). Multiple architectures provide a stub
> arch_syscall_is_vdso_sigreturn() returning 'false' simply to satisfy
> GENERIC_ENTRY compilation, which creates a false impression of feature
> support.
> 
> Introduce ARCH_SUPPORTS_SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH to decouple this mechanism
> from GENERIC_ENTRY. Select it exclusively on x86 and remove the redundant
> stub functions from other architectures.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/akZgV0Y4YAmB43_g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Gregory Price <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ada Couprie Diaz <ada.coupriediaz@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> v1 -> RESEND
> - Define missing ARCH_SUPPORTS_SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH.

If code is changed it is not a resend. Instead it should have been v2.

> ---
>  arch/Kconfig                         | 4 ++++
>  arch/loongarch/include/asm/syscall.h | 6 ------
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h   | 5 -----
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall.h     | 5 -----
>  arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h      | 5 -----
>  arch/x86/Kconfig                     | 1 +
>  6 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

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