Re: [PATCH v2] x86, vm86: fix VM86 syscalls: use SYSCALL_DEFINEx(...)

From: Alexander van Heukelum
Date: Mon Apr 15 2013 - 04:39:31 EST


On Fri, Apr 12, 2013, at 22:15, Hans de Bruin wrote:
> On 03/27/2013 10:18 PM, Alexander van Heukelum wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013, at 20:46, Al Viro wrote:
> >> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 08:31:02PM +0100, Alexander van Heukelum wrote:
> >>> Hi Al,
> >>>
> >>> Hans de Bruin found a regression due to one of your changes. I asked him to test a fix and he reported back that it worked. (Thanks!) Can you see if you agree with the fix? Patch is attached due to webmail...
> >>
> >> Use SYSCALL_DEFINE{1,2} for vm86_old and vm86, please.
> >
> > Like this?

Hi Al,

Could you comment on the patch for the problem with the VM86 calls? I changed it to use SYSCALL_DEFINEx at the definition sites, and I changed the declarations in asm/syscalls.h to fit. If things are ok, can you take care of sending it to Linus?

Greetings,
Alexander

> > Greetings,
> > Alexander
> >
>
> Is there any progress?
>
> --
> Hans

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