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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 29/29] y2038: add 64-bit time_t syscalls to all 32-bit architectures
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:44:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK8P3a3bGF9iL6fZyyGS1p6vw56FHNMuosVBShX=MTptb6g4Hw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALCETrWPj6dHEyo=AELoVjXGsiwuSpRp17x3CEWBHvp7i3cy+Q@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 8:53 PM Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:
> I think we have two issues if we reuse those numbers for new syscalls.
> First, I'd really like to see new syscalls be numbered consistently
> everywhere, or at least on all x86 variants, and we can't on x32
> because they mean something else.  Perhaps more importantly, due to
> what is arguably a rather severe bug, issuing a native x86_64 syscall
> (x32 bit clear) with nr in the range 512..547 does *not* return
> -ENOSYS on a kernel with x32 enabled.  Instead it does something that
> is somewhat arbitrary.  With my patch applied, it will return -ENOSYS,
> but old kernels will still exist, and this will break syscall probing.
>
> Can we perhaps just start the consistent numbers above 547 or maybe
> block out 512..547 in the new regime?

I'm definitely fine with not reusing them ever, and jumping from 511 to
548 when we get there on all architectures, if you think that helps.

While we could also jump to 548 *now*, I think that would be a
bit wasteful. Syscall numbers are fairly cheap, but not entirely
free, especially when you consider architectures like mips that
have an upper bound of 1000 syscalls before they have to get
inventive.

     Arnd

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Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-18 16:18 [PATCH v2 00/29] y2038: add time64 syscalls Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 01/29] ia64: add __NR_umount2 definition Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 02/29] ia64: add statx and io_pgetevents syscalls Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 03/29] ia64: assign syscall numbers for perf and seccomp Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 04/29] alpha: wire up io_pgetevents system call Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 05/29] alpha: update syscall macro definitions Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 06/29] ARM: add migrate_pages() system call Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-25 15:16   ` Catalin Marinas
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 07/29] ARM: add kexec_file_load system call number Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-25 15:43   ` Catalin Marinas
2019-01-25 16:21     ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 08/29] m68k: assign syscall number for seccomp Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-21  8:55   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 09/29] sh: remove duplicate unistd_32.h file Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 10/29] sh: add statx system call Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 11/29] sparc64: fix sparc_ipc type conversion Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 12/29] ipc: rename old-style shmctl/semctl/msgctl syscalls Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 13/29] arch: add split IPC system calls where needed Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 17:18   ` Gabriel Paubert
2019-01-18 19:30     ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-21  8:55   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-01-21 11:57   ` Heiko Carstens
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 14/29] arch: add pkey and rseq syscall numbers everywhere Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-21  8:55   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-01-21 20:28     ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-21 11:59   ` Heiko Carstens
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 15/29] alpha: add standard statfs64/fstatfs64 syscalls Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 16/29] alpha: add generic get{eg,eu,g,p,u,pp}id() syscalls Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 17/29] syscalls: remove obsolete __IGNORE_ macros Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-21 11:59   ` Heiko Carstens
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 18/29] time: make adjtime compat handling available for 32 bit Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 19/29] time: Add struct __kernel_timex Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 20/29] time: fix sys_timer_settime prototype Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 21/29] sparc64: add custom adjtimex/clock_adjtime functions Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 22/29] timex: use __kernel_timex internally Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 23/29] timex: change syscalls to use struct __kernel_timex Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 24/29] x86/x32: use time64 versions of sigtimedwait and recvmmsg Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 26/29] y2038: use time32 syscall names on 32-bit Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-21  8:07   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-01-21  8:56   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 27/29] y2038: remove struct definition redirects Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 28/29] y2038: rename old time and utime syscalls Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-21  8:56   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-01-21 12:15   ` Heiko Carstens
2019-01-18 16:18 ` [PATCH v2 29/29] y2038: add 64-bit time_t syscalls to all 32-bit architectures Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 18:50   ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-18 19:33     ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 19:53       ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-18 20:44         ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2019-01-19 14:28         ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2019-01-21  8:19           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-01-21 17:08             ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-21 20:40               ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-21  8:56   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-01-21 12:19   ` Heiko Carstens
2019-01-21 16:31   ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-25 15:55   ` Catalin Marinas
2019-01-18 16:57 ` [PATCH v2 00/29] y2038: add time64 syscalls Dennis Clarke
2019-01-18 17:14   ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-18 17:19     ` Dennis Clarke
2019-01-18 17:45   ` James Bottomley
     [not found] ` <20190118161835.2259170-26-arnd@arndb.de>
2019-01-25 15:47   ` [PATCH v2 25/29] y2038: syscalls: rename y2038 compat syscalls Catalin Marinas

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