Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86: use the correct function type for sys_ni_syscall

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Fri Sep 13 2019 - 20:27:52 EST




> On Sep 13, 2019, at 4:26 PM, Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 3:45 PM Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Should this be SYSCALL_DEFINE0?
>
> It can be, and that would also fix the issue. However, it does result
> in unnecessary error injection to be hooked up here, which is why
> arm64 preferred to avoid the macro when I fixed it there. S390 uses
> SYSCALL_DEFINE0 for this though and since sys_ni_syscall always
> returns -ENOSYS, it shouldn't be a huge problem. Thoughts?
>


I donât see why all syscalls except these few should have error injection hooked up. Itâs also IMO nicer from a maintenance perspective to have all syscalls use the same macros.

Will, is there something Iâm missing?