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=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham 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 2158EC32789 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2018 06:04:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0A412082D for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2018 06:04:32 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org B0A412082D Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=davemloft.net Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728299AbeKBPKb (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Nov 2018 11:10:31 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:54154 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727804AbeKBPKb (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Nov 2018 11:10:31 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f80:35cd::cf9]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 59A9314071A8D; Thu, 1 Nov 2018 23:04:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2018 23:04:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20181101.230427.364286844194487248.davem@davemloft.net> To: firoz.khan@linaro.org Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, pombredanne@nexb.com, tglx@linutronix.de, kstewart@linuxfoundation.org, y2038@lists.linaro.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, deepa.kernel@gmail.com, marcin.juszkiewicz@linaro.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] sparc: add system call table generation support From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <1541080391-3890-4-git-send-email-firoz.khan@linaro.org> <20181101.133315.47887636039827313.davem@davemloft.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Thu, 01 Nov 2018 23:04:30 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Firoz Khan Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 11:09:57 +0530 > On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 at 02:03, David Miller wrote: >> >> If sys_nis_syscall for the compat syscall shows up in a situation where the >> native 32-bit syscall does have an entry, that's a BUG and the script should >> point this out so that the bug can be fixed. > > syscall.tbl is the input to the script, so the developers has the > responsibility to fill the table > properly. I don't know, we have to write a script which has to be > smart enough to catch the > wrong syscall entries. It does not need anything "smart", it just needs to see that sys_nis_syscall in the "compat" column just as my eyes noticed them in your patch. It can be completely automated.