Re: [PATCH v2 13/29] arch: add split IPC system calls where needed

Gabriel Paubert
2019-01-18T17:18:30Z

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:18:19PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The IPC system call handling is highly inconsistent across architectures,
> some use sys_ipc, some use separate calls, and some use both. We also
> have some architectures that require passing IPC_64 in the flags, and
> others that set it implicitly.
>
> For the additon of a y2083 safe semtimedop() system call, I chose to only

It's not critical, but there are two typos in that line:
additon -> addition
2083 -> 2038

Gabriel

> support the separate entry points, but that requires first supporting
> the regular ones with their own syscall numbers.
>
> The IPC_64 is now implied by the new semctl/shmctl/msgctl system
> calls even on the architectures that require passing it with the ipc()
> multiplexer.
>
> I'm not adding the new semtimedop() or semop() on 32-bit architectures,
> those will get implemented using the new semtimedop_time64() version
> that gets added along with the other time64 calls.
> Three 64-bit architectures (powerpc, s390 and sparc) get semtimedop().
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>