Re: [RFC PATCH] Add script to add/remove/rename/renumber syscalls and resolve conflicts

2019-06-11 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 3:27 AM David Howells wrote: > > Add a script that simplifies the process of altering system call tables in > the kernel sources. It has five functions available: Ugh, I hate it. I'm sure the script is all kinds of clever and useful, but I really think the solution is no

Re: [RFC PATCH] Add script to add/remove/rename/renumber syscalls and resolve conflicts

2019-06-11 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 3:27 PM David Howells wrote: > > Add a script that simplifies the process of altering system call tables in > the kernel sources. It has five functions available: Ah, fun. You had already threatened to add that script in the past. The implementation of course looks fine,

[RFC PATCH] Add script to add/remove/rename/renumber syscalls and resolve conflicts

2019-06-11 Thread David Howells
Add a script that simplifies the process of altering system call tables in the kernel sources. It has five functions available: (1) Add a system call or compat system call: ./scripts/syscall-manage.pl --add [--compat] (2) Remove a system call: ./scripts/syscall-manage.pl --r