[RESEND PATCH 0/6] x86: switch to generic syscall{tbl,hdr}.sh with various syscall code cleanups

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Mon May 17 2021 - 03:40:25 EST



Previously, many architectures duplicated similar scripts to
generate syscall headers.

For v5.11:

$ find arch -name syscalltbl.sh
arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
arch/arm/tools/syscalltbl.sh
arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
$ find arch -name syscallhdr.sh
arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
arch/arm/tools/syscallhdr.sh
arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh

They were mostly consolidated by the time of v5.13-rc1:

Now:

$ find arch -name syscalltbl.sh
arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
$ find arch -name syscallhdr.sh
arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh

x86 is a remaining bit because x86 maintainers did not respond.

This patch series makes a lot of cleanups.
We can remove a lot of lines.
The code diff is attractive.

No code change since the previous submission.
(Only 1/7 was applied, so dropped from the series)

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210301131533.64671-1-masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx/



Masahiro Yamada (6):
x86/entry/x32: rename __x32_compat_sys_* to __x64_compat_sys_*
x86/syscalls: switch to generic syscalltbl.sh
x86/syscalls: stop filling syscall arrays with *_sys_ni_syscall
x86/unistd: define X32_NR_syscalls only for 64-bit kernel
x86/syscalls: use __NR_syscalls instead of __NR_syscall_max
x86/syscalls: switch to generic syscallhdr.sh

arch/um/kernel/skas/syscall.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c | 20 +++++------
arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c | 17 +++-------
arch/x86/entry/syscall_x32.c | 35 ++++----------------
arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Makefile | 36 +++++++++++---------
arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh | 35 --------------------
arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh | 46 --------------------------
arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h | 10 +++---
arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h | 8 ++---
arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_32.c | 14 +++-----
arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_64.c | 15 ++-------
12 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 179 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
delete mode 100644 arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh

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