Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:22:17 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/asm/entry: (Re-) rename __NR_entry_INT80_compat_max to __NR_syscall_compat_max |
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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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