Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] x86/syscall: use int for x86-64 system calls

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed May 19 2021 - 07:29:38 EST



* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patchset addresses several inconsistencies in the handling of
> system call numbers in x86-64 (and x32).

> arch/x86/entry/common.c | 93 +++--
> arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 2 +-
> arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h | 2 +-
> tools/testing/selftests/x86/syscall_numbering.c | 488 +++++++++++++++++++++---
> 4 files changed, 508 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)

Thanks Peter - this series is really nice now, and I agree that this
inconsistency should be fixed.

Thanks,

Ingo