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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/36] remove in-kernel syscall invocations (part 1)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:54:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+55aFyJBTaBuA1LjG5RjcD7ZCivYYQWqb3A+HbJZGUdZE9i6w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALCETrX_1pxfB10k-uj7vSyXm7hH4MeJiEY=+A3FzViaozb+BA@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-16 0:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-15 19:04 [PATCH v2 00/36] remove in-kernel syscall invocations (part 1) Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:04 ` [PATCH v2 01/36] syscalls: define goal to not call sys_xyzzy() from within the kernel Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:04 ` [PATCH v2 02/36] kernel: use kernel_wait4() instead of sys_wait4() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-16 16:58 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-03-17 16:44 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:04 ` [PATCH v2 03/36] mm: use do_futex() instead of sys_futex() in mm_release() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-16 11:58 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-16 18:43 ` Darren Hart
2018-03-16 19:03 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-03-16 21:44 ` Darren Hart
2018-03-17 16:39 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:04 ` [PATCH v2 04/36] kernel: add do_getpgid() helper; remove internal call to sys_getpgid() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:04 ` [PATCH v2 05/36] fs: add do_readlinkat() helper; remove internal call to sys_readlinkat() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:04 ` [PATCH v2 06/36] fs: add do_pipe2() helper; remove internal call to sys_pipe2() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 07/36] fs: add do_renameat2() helper; remove internal call to sys_renameat2() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 08/36] fs: add do_futimesat() helper; remove internal call to sys_futimesat() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 09/36] syscalls: add do_epoll_*() helpers; remove internal calls to sys_epoll_*() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 10/36] fs: add do_signalfd4() helper; remove internal calls to sys_signalfd4() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 11/36] fs: add do_eventfd() helper; remove internal call to sys_eventfd() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 12/36] kernel: open-code sys_rt_sigpending() in sys_sigpending() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 13/36] x86/ioport: add ksys_ioperm() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ioperm() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-16 8:43 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-03-16 11:13 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-16 12:00 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-16 14:45 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-16 14:47 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 14/36] fs: add ksys_mount() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_mount() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 20:11 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-16 8:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-03-16 16:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-03-17 16:52 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 15/36] fs: add ksys_umount() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_umount() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-16 8:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-03-17 16:58 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 16/36] fs: add ksys_dup{,3}() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_dup{,3}() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-16 8:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-03-17 17:01 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 17/36] fs: add ksys_chroot() helper; remove-in kernel calls to sys_chroot() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 20:44 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-16 8:49 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-03-17 17:04 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 18/36] fs: add ksys_write() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_write() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-16 8:52 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-03-17 17:06 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 19/36] kernel: add ksys_unshare() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_unshare() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 20/36] mm: add ksys_fadvise64_64() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_fadvise64_64() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 21/36] mm: add ksys_mmap_pgoff() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_mmap_pgoff() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 20:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 22/36] fs: add ksys_chdir() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_chdir() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 23/36] fs: add ksys_sync_file_range helper(); remove in-kernel calls to syscall Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 24/36] fs: add ksys_unlink() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_unlink() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 20:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-17 17:09 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 25/36] hostfs: rename do_rmdir() to hostfs_do_rmdir() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 26/36] fs: add ksys_rmdir() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_rmdir() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 27/36] fs: add do_mkdirat() helper and ksys_mkdir() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to syscall Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 28/36] fs: add do_symlinkat() helper and ksys_symlink() " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 29/36] fs: add do_mknodat() helper and ksys_mknod() " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 30/36] fs: add do_linkat() helper and ksys_link() " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 20:30 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-17 17:11 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 31/36] fs: add ksys_fchmod() and do_fchmodat() helpers and ksys_chmod() " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 32/36] fs: add do_faccessat() helper and ksys_access() " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 33/36] fs: add ksys_ftruncate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ftruncate() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 34/36] fs: add do_fchownat(), ksys_fchown() helpers and ksys_{,l}chown() wrappers Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 35/36] fs: add ksys_close() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_close() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 36/36] fs: add ksys_open() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_open() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-15 21:02 ` [PATCH v2 00/36] remove in-kernel syscall invocations (part 1) Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-16 0:38 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-03-16 0:54 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2018-03-16 8:54 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-03-16 14:20 ` Al Viro
2018-03-16 16:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-03-17 17:13 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-16 9:01 ` Zhang, Ning A
2018-03-16 10:25 ` Dominik Brodowski
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