>>>>> On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:26:49 -0500, "Robert Williamson" <robbiew@us.ibm.com> said:
Robert> Hmmm...so I guess the only viable solution for a single test
Robert> to cover as many archs as possible, is to explicitly define
Robert> the number for each arch.
Robert> Here's how I would do it Aniruddha:
Robert> ------------------------------------------
Robert> #ifdef __i386__
Robert> #define __NR_timer_create 259
Robert> #endif
Robert> #ifdef __x86_64__
Robert> #define __NR_timer_create 222
Robert> #endif
Robert> #if defined(__ppc__) || defined(__ppc64__)
Robert> #define __NR_timer_create 240
Robert> #else /* Not defined on this architecture */
Robert> #include "test.h"
Robert> #include "usctest.h"
Robert> int TST_TOTAL = 0; /* Total number of testcases */
Robert> int main()
Robert> {
Robert> tst_resm(TCONF,"This system call is not defined for this architecture.");
Robert> tst_exit();
Robert> /* NOT REACHED */
Robert> return(0);
Robert> }
Robert> #endif /* Not defined on this architecture */
Robert> <REST OF TEST HERE>
Robert> ------------------------------------------
Robert> Any comments???
Why use such ugly, platform-dependent code when syscall(3) will do it
just fine? (AFAIK, there is no man-page for syscall(3), but the glibc
info manual documents it in detail.)
--david
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