Re: AUDIT=y build failure on ARM

[Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 07:44:16AM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:49:08 +0200, Martin Michlmayr said:
> > I get the build failure below with AUDIT=y on ARM.  The problem is
> > that lib/audit.c includes asm-generic/audit_dir_write.h which lists a
> > number of syscalls that are not defined on ARM (and some other platforms).
> 
> And somebody (I forget who) was complaining that some debugging tool was only available
> on the x86/sparc/ppc families of CPUs, and didn't like Alan Cox's suggestion
> that they go add it.
> 
> Given that missing an entire class of syscall (the *at flavors) on an
> architecture isn't a deterrent to inclusion, Alan's response was totally
> on-target....
> 
> (I'm presuming the usual reason for such missing syscalls is that nobody
> has bothered trying to run software that uses a *at call on an ARM, so
> nobody's bothered wiring them up and thereby increasing the kernel image
> size on a platform where it's likely to be *very* important?)

They probably should be wired up, but TBH I _always_ miss the addition
of such things.  I don't remember there being any notification to arch
maintainers that something was due to be done.

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
 maintainer of:  2.6 Serial core