Re: [PATCH v2] arch: Reserve map_shadow_stack() syscall number for all architectures

Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-06T20:30:02Z

On Fri, Oct 6, 2023, at 22:01, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
> On Tue, 2023-10-03 at 10:18 -0700, Sohil Mehta wrote:
>> > If you like, I can pick this up for 6.7 through the asm-generic
>> > tree. If you think this should be part of 6.6, I would suggest
>> > to merge it through the tree that originally contained the
>> > syscall code.
>> >
>>
>> Dave, Ingo, would you prefer to take this patch through 6.6 or defer
>> it
>> until 6.7?
>>
>> It's not necessarily a fix but it does help finish up the shstk
>> syscall
>> added with 6.6. Also, it might help reduce some merge conflicts later
>> if
>> newer syscalls are being added during the 6.7 window.
>
> Hi Arnd,
>
> It doesn't look like anyone is pouncing on the syscall number in linux-
> next currently. It might be nice to have this patch go through linux-
> next since it touches so many architectures. And it sounds like x86
> folk are ok with this, so if you could pick it up for 6.7 that would be
> great. Thanks!

Ok, I picked it up now, should be in linux-next starting next week.

Arnd