From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00EE9C433ED for ; Wed, 19 May 2021 14:43:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF08161244 for ; Wed, 19 May 2021 14:43:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1348031AbhESOpR (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 May 2021 10:45:17 -0400 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:41134 "EHLO gate.crashing.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1354454AbhESOob (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 May 2021 10:44:31 -0400 Received: from gate.crashing.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id 14JEceF1026439; Wed, 19 May 2021 09:38:40 -0500 Received: (from segher@localhost) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id 14JEcaGd026433; Wed, 19 May 2021 09:38:36 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: gate.crashing.org: segher set sender to segher@kernel.crashing.org using -f Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 09:38:36 -0500 From: Segher Boessenkool To: Nicholas Piggin Cc: Joakim Tjernlund , "ldv@altlinux.org" , "mpe@ellerman.id.au" , "libc-dev@lists.llvm.org" , "musl@lists.openwall.com" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-api@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Linux powerpc new system call instruction and ABI Message-ID: <20210519143836.GJ10366@gate.crashing.org> References: <20200611081203.995112-1-npiggin@gmail.com> <20210518231331.GA8464@altlinux.org> <9b5ea7059c5a5d4e9ccccd7d73ce2c66b2203f52.camel@infinera.com> <1621410291.c7si38sa9q.astroid@bobo.none> <1621413143.oec64jaci5.astroid@bobo.none> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1621413143.oec64jaci5.astroid@bobo.none> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 06:42:40PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote: > Excerpts from Joakim Tjernlund's message of May 19, 2021 6:08 pm: > > I always figured the ppc way was superior. It begs the question if not the other archs should > > change instead? > > It is superior in some ways, not enough to be worth being different. The PowerPC syscall ABI *requires* using cr0.3 for indicating errors, you will have to do that whether you conflate the concepts of return code and error indicator or not! > Other archs are unlikely to change because it would be painful for > not much benefit. Other archs cannot easily change for much the same reason :-) > New system calls just should be made to not return > error numbers. Which sometimes is a difficult / non-natural / clumsy thing to do. Segher