Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:25:44 +0100 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: AUDIT=y build failure on ARM |
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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.
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