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| From | "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/asm/entry: (Re-) rename __NR_entry_INT80_compat_max to __NR_syscall_compat_max |
| Date | 2015-06-16 22:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <pC5EB-4Oe-11@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <pC5EB-4Oe-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 06/08/2015 03:24 PM, tip-bot for Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Commit-ID: bace7117d3fb59a6ed7ea1aa6c8994df6a28a72a
> Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/bace7117d3fb59a6ed7ea1aa6c8994df6a28a72a
> Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> AuthorDate: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 21:20:26 +0200
> Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> CommitDate: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 23:43:38 +0200
>
> x86/asm/entry: (Re-)rename __NR_entry_INT80_compat_max to __NR_syscall_compat_max
>
> Brian Gerst noticed that I did a weird rename in the following commit:
>
> b2502b418e63 ("x86/asm/entry: Untangle 'system_call' into two entry points: entry_SYSCALL_64 and entry_INT80_32")
>
> which renamed __NR_ia32_syscall_max to __NR_entry_INT80_compat_max.
>
> Now the original name was a misnomer, but the new one is a misnomer as well,
> as all the 32-bit compat syscall entry points (sysenter, syscall) share the
> system call table, not just the INT80 based one.
>
> Rename it to __NR_syscall_compat_max.
>
The original one wasn't really a misnomer, as it referred to the ia32
system calls specifically, but this works too.
-hpa
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Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/asm/entry: (Re-) rename __NR_entry_INT80_compat_max to __NR_syscall_compat_max "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2015-06-16 22:30 +0200 Re: [RFC] Rename various 'IA32' uses in arch/x86/ code Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-06-19 09:10 +0200 Re: [RFC] Rename various 'IA32' uses in arch/x86/ code Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-06-19 09:20 +0200
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