From: nico@fluxnic.net (Nicolas Pitre)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] Use definition for cmpxchg swi
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:42:51 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0911082033580.16711@xanadu.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091108200459.GA32760@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> Use a definition for the cmpxchg SWI instead of hard-coding the number.
Well... Initially I didn't use a definition in unistd.h because I
didn't want user space to "see" it and assume this was part of the
kernel ABI since this is actually just an implementation detail that
depends on a particular kernel configuration. If you want to define it
with this patch then I'd suggest copying the related comment from
traps.c near the definition as well:
* *NOTE*: This is a ghost syscall private to the kernel. Only the
* __kuser_cmpxchg code in entry-armv.S should be aware of its
* existence. Don't ever use this from user code.
Nicolas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-09 1:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-08 20:04 [PATCH] Use definition for cmpxchg swi Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-11-09 1:42 ` Nicolas Pitre [this message]
2009-11-09 8:51 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-11-09 14:56 ` Nicolas Pitre
2009-11-09 17:30 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-11-09 19:08 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-11-09 19:14 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-11-09 19:31 ` Nicolas Pitre
2009-11-09 23:52 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-11-09 23:58 ` Nicolas Pitre
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