From: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>,
David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
"msuchanek@suse.de" <msuchanek@suse.de>,
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v4 11/23] powerpc/syscall: Rename syscall_64.c into syscall.c
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:50:12 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1611791083.sqnnh21vv0.astroid@bobo.none> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d9993f034db848d1afeffa322373b811@AcuMS.aculab.com>
Excerpts from David Laight's message of January 26, 2021 8:28 pm:
> From: Nicholas Piggin
>> Sent: 26 January 2021 10:21
>>
>> Excerpts from Christophe Leroy's message of January 26, 2021 12:48 am:
>> > syscall_64.c will be reused almost as is for PPC32.
>> >
>> > Rename it syscall.c
>>
>> Could you rename it to interrupt.c instead? A system call is an
>> interrupt, and the file now also has code to return from other
>> interrupts as well, and it matches the new asm/interrupt.h from
>> the interrupts series.
>
> Hmmm....
>
> That might make it harder for someone looking for the system call
> entry code to find it.
It's very grep'able.
> In some sense interrupts are the simpler case.
>
> Especially when comparing with other architectures which have
> special instructions for syscall entry.
powerpc does have a special instruction for syscall, and it causes a
system call interrupt.
I'm not sure about other architectures, but for powerpc its more
sensible to call it interrupt.c than syscall.c.
Thanks,
Nick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-27 23:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-25 14:48 [PATCH v4 00/23] powerpc/32: Implement C syscall entry/exit Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 01/23] powerpc/32s: Add missing call to kuep_lock on syscall entry Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 02/23] powerpc/32: Always enable data translation " Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 03/23] powerpc/32: On syscall entry, enable instruction translation at the same time as data Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 04/23] powerpc/32: Reorder instructions to avoid using CTR in syscall entry Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 05/23] powerpc/64s: Make kuap_check_amr() and kuap_get_and_check_amr() generic Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 06/23] powerpc/32s: Create C version of kuap_user/kernel_restore() and friends Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 07/23] powerpc/8xx: " Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 08/23] powerpc/irq: Add helper to set regs->softe Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 09/23] powerpc/irq: Rework helpers that manipulate MSR[EE/RI] Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 10/23] powerpc/irq: Add stub irq_soft_mask_return() for PPC32 Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 11/23] powerpc/syscall: Rename syscall_64.c into syscall.c Christophe Leroy
2021-01-26 10:21 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-01-26 10:28 ` David Laight
2021-01-27 23:50 ` Nicholas Piggin [this message]
2021-02-02 6:15 ` Christophe Leroy
2021-02-02 6:38 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-02 6:58 ` Christophe Leroy
2021-02-02 20:10 ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-02-08 17:47 ` Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 12/23] powerpc/syscall: Make syscall.c buildable on PPC32 Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 13/23] powerpc/syscall: Use is_compat_task() Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 14/23] powerpc/syscall: Save r3 in regs->orig_r3 Christophe Leroy
2021-01-26 10:18 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-08 17:47 ` Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 15/23] powerpc/syscall: Change condition to check MSR_RI Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 16/23] powerpc/32: Always save non volatile GPRs at syscall entry Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 17/23] powerpc/syscall: implement system call entry/exit logic in C for PPC32 Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 18/23] powerpc/32: Remove verification of MSR_PR on syscall in the ASM entry Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 19/23] powerpc/syscall: Avoid stack frame in likely part of system_call_exception() Christophe Leroy
2021-01-26 10:14 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 20/23] powerpc/syscall: Do not check unsupported scv vector on PPC32 Christophe Leroy
2021-01-26 10:16 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-08 17:45 ` Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 21/23] powerpc/syscall: Remove FULL_REGS verification in system_call_exception Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 22/23] powerpc/syscall: Optimise checks in beginning of system_call_exception() Christophe Leroy
2021-01-25 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 23/23] powerpc/syscall: Avoid storing 'current' in another pointer Christophe Leroy
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