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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 00/36] remove in-kernel syscall invocations (part 1)
On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:
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> I don't think this patch series should wait for any of these cleanups,
> though. We need these patches to change the x86_64 internal syscall
> function signature, which we've been wanting to do for a little while.

Yes. And honestly, I'd rather have these kinds of "just change the
calling convention" almost automated patches separately - and then the
cleanups later.

Mixing the calling convention change and the cleanup together is just
confusing and potentially causes subtle issues.

Linus

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