From: "André Almeida" <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>, Arnd Bergmanon <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: "Christian Brauner" <brauner@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-dev@igalia.com,
"Thomas Bogendoerfer" <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>,
linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, soc@lists.linux.dev,
linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org,
"André Almeida" <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 00/13] syscalls: Add a shared table for all archs
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:19:27 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260828-tonyk-syscall_table-v6-0-fdd358456cf1@igalia.com> (raw)
While implementing a new syscall, we need to wire up it's number to the arch
table. Since syscall number 403, all architectures are on sync regarding the
number (except alpha), which make things a lot easier but more repetitive as
well. Have a look at commit b36d4b6aa88 ("arch: hookup listns() system call"),
with 15 lines of mostly:
+470 common listns sys_listns
There's already a "common" table shared with a bunch of archs at
`scripts/syscall.tbl`, but due to historical reasons some archs will never be
able to move to this table and share all the numbers.
The generic table starts from 403 (clock_gettime64), the first common syscall.
I've compile tested for arm32, arm64, s390, mips, sparc and alpha by comparing
the syscalls_*.h and unistd_*.h files generated before and after this patchset.
For most of cases the files are identical, for the few cases that they are not,
there's a note in the commit explaining why they are equivalent.
Thanks!
André
Changes in v6:
- Rebased on top of 7.3-rc0: new syscall fchroot()
- Fix compliance with POSIX shells
- Add $(syscalltbl_common) to the prereq build files, so the build is triggered
if the common table changes
- v5: https://patch.msgid.link/20260812-tonyk-syscall_table-v5-0-3d383927c609@igalia.com
Changes in v5:
- Add archs lists to Cc
- alpha: Change custom alpha_syscall to __syscall
- mips: Use "common" for all ABI tables
- mips: Kept it as a single table for n32/n64
- Fix bug introduced by mixing --offset and --compat-offset
- v4: https://patch.msgid.link/20260812-tonyk-syscall_table-v4-0-748d0229ad40@igalia.com
Changes in v4:
- Replace cln3 with clone3 in the ABIs
- mips: Get rid of custom mips ABIs (o32, n32, n64) and use 32 and 64
- mips: Unify n32 and n64 tables
- Add alpha to the syscall party, along with it's adaptations
- Remove --no-compat option and define SYSCALL_WITH_COMPAT() macro for archs
that need it
- v3: https://patch.msgid.link/20260807-tonyk-syscall_table-v3-0-7c45a23c50b5@igalia.com
Changes in v3:
- Removed x86 for now, let's wait till x32 is dropped
- Added much more archs
- v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260727-tonyk-syscall_table-v2-0-95d4f1ee471f@igalia.com
Changes in v2:
- Managed to move to the real first common syscall: 403 (clock_gettime64)
- Added -no-compat option to be used with x86_64
- v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724-tonyk-syscall_table-v1-0-9c53188423da@igalia.com
---
André Almeida (13):
syscalls: Make --abis parsing more robust
syscalls: Create unified partial table for all archs
scripts/syscall.tbl: Use the common table
arm: Use the common syscall table
s390: Use the common syscall table
sparc: Use the common syscall table
mips: Remove duplicated syscallnr.sh
mips: Get rid of custom mips ABIs for syscall tables
mips: Use the common syscall table
syscalls: Add an option for offsetting the common table
alpha: Define entry point for set_mempolicy_home_node syscall
alpha: Remove alpha_ prefix from custom syscall entries
alpha: Use the common syscall table
arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S | 8 +-
arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/Makefile | 14 +-
arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 55 +-
arch/alpha/kernel/systbls.S | 1 +
arch/arm/tools/Makefile | 14 +-
arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl | 69 ---
arch/arm64/tools/syscall_32.tbl | 69 ---
arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S | 1 +
arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n64.S | 2 +
arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/Makefile | 30 +-
arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n.tbl | 464 +++++++++++++++++
arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl | 413 ---------------
arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl | 389 --------------
arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl | 827 ++++++++++++++----------------
arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscallnr.sh | 26 -
arch/s390/kernel/syscall.c | 2 +
arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/Makefile | 12 +-
arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 49 --
arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/Makefile | 12 +-
arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 69 ---
scripts/Makefile.asm-headers | 15 +-
scripts/syscall.tbl | 69 ---
scripts/syscall_common.tbl | 84 +++
scripts/syscallhdr.sh | 83 ++-
scripts/syscalltbl.sh | 50 +-
25 files changed, 1111 insertions(+), 1716 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 548e7bcd0c5460ddcbca9600cea603ebeebf4da7
change-id: 20260724-tonyk-syscall_table-928bbb1b26bb
Best regards,
--
André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-28 23:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-28 23:19 André Almeida [this message]
2026-08-28 23:19 ` [PATCH v6 01/13] syscalls: Make --abis parsing more robust André Almeida
2026-08-28 23:19 ` [PATCH v6 02/13] syscalls: Create unified partial table for all archs André Almeida
2026-08-28 23:19 ` [PATCH v6 03/13] scripts/syscall.tbl: Use the common table André Almeida
2026-08-28 23:19 ` [PATCH v6 04/13] arm: Use the common syscall table André Almeida
2026-08-28 23:19 ` [PATCH v6 05/13] s390: " André Almeida
2026-08-28 23:19 ` [PATCH v6 06/13] sparc: " André Almeida
2026-08-28 23:19 ` [PATCH v6 07/13] mips: Remove duplicated syscallnr.sh André Almeida
2026-08-28 23:19 ` [PATCH v6 08/13] mips: Get rid of custom mips ABIs for syscall tables André Almeida
2026-08-28 23:19 ` [PATCH v6 09/13] mips: Use the common syscall table André Almeida
2026-08-28 23:19 ` [PATCH v6 10/13] syscalls: Add an option for offsetting the common table André Almeida
2026-08-28 23:19 ` [PATCH v6 11/13] alpha: Define entry point for set_mempolicy_home_node syscall André Almeida
2026-08-28 23:19 ` [PATCH v6 12/13] alpha: Remove alpha_ prefix from custom syscall entries André Almeida
2026-08-28 23:19 ` [PATCH v6 13/13] alpha: Use the common syscall table André Almeida
2026-09-15 7:45 ` [PATCH v6 00/13] syscalls: Add a shared table for all archs Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-16 22:19 ` André Almeida
2026-09-17 5:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-17 21:24 ` André Almeida
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