Re: [PATCH 2/2] arch: add pidfd and io_uring syscalls everywhere

Paul Burton
2019-03-25T17:37:11Z

Hi Arnd,

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 03:47:37PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Add the io_uring and pidfd_send_signal system calls to all architectures.
>
> These system calls are designed to handle both native and compat tasks,
> so all entries are the same across architectures, only arm-compat and
> the generic tale still use an old format.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
>%
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
> index c85502e67b44..c4a49f7d57bb 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
> @@ -338,3 +338,7 @@
> 327 n64 rseq sys_rseq
> 328 n64 io_pgetevents sys_io_pgetevents
> # 329 through 423 are reserved to sync up with other architectures
> +424 common pidfd_send_signal sys_pidfd_send_signal
> +425 common io_uring_setup sys_io_uring_setup
> +426 common io_uring_enter sys_io_uring_enter
> +427 common io_uring_register sys_io_uring_register

Shouldn't these declare the ABI as "n64"?

I don't see anywhere that it would actually change the generated code,
but a comment at the top of the file says that every entry should use
"n64" and so far they all do. Did you have something else in mind here?

Thanks,
Paul