[PATCH 8/9] mm: remove compat_process_vm_{readv,writev}
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Fri Sep 18 13:48:35 UTC 2020
On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 2:45 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de> wrote:
>
> Now that import_iovec handles compat iovecs, the native syscalls
> can be used for the compat case as well.
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscall_x32.c b/arch/x86/entry/syscall_x32.c
> index a4840b9d50ad14..f2fe0a33bcfdd5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/syscall_x32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscall_x32.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
> #define __x32_sys_getsockopt __x64_sys_getsockopt
> #define __x32_sys_setsockopt __x64_sys_setsockopt
> #define __x32_sys_vmsplice __x64_sys_vmsplice
> +#define __x32_sys_process_vm_readv __x64_sys_process_vm_readv
> +#define __x32_sys_process_vm_writev __x64_sys_process_vm_writev
>
> #define __SYSCALL_64(nr, sym)
>
I forgot this hack existed, and just sent a patch with subject "x86: add
__X32_COND_SYSCALL() macro" instead.
If I understand this right, the macros above should no longer be needed
once my patch gets merged.
Arnd
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