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Add key management syscalls to non-i386 archs

PATCH In review David Howells 11 participants 18 messages Oct 20, 2004 – Oct 21, 2004

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PATCH 1/1 Add key management syscalls to non-i386 archs

Hi Linus, Andrew,

The attached patch adds syscalls for almost all archs (everything barring m68knommu which is in a real mess, and i386 which already has it).

It also adds 32->64 compatibility where appropriate.

David

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warthog>diffstat keys-269bk4.diff

 arch/alpha/kernel/systbls.S        |    3 +++
 arch/arm/kernel/calls.S            |    3 +++
 arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/entry.S  |    3 +++
 arch/h8300/kernel/syscalls.S       |    3 +++
 arch/ia64/ia32/ia32_entry.S        |    4 ++++
 arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c          |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S           |    6 +++---
 arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S            |    6 +++---
 arch/m32r/kernel/entry.S           |    3 +++
 arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S           |    3 +++
 arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S     |    3 +++
 arch/mips/kernel/scall64-64.S      |    3 +++
 arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S     |    3 +++
 arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S     |    3 +++
 arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S |    4 +++-
 arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S             |    3 +++
 arch/ppc64/kernel/misc.S           |    6 ++++++
 arch/ppc64/kernel/sys_ppc32.c      |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S  |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S        |    3 +++
 arch/sh/kernel/entry.S             |    4 ++++
 arch/sh64/kernel/syscalls.S        |    4 +++-
 arch/sparc/kernel/systbls.S        |    2 +-
 arch/sparc64/kernel/sys32.S        |    3 +++
 arch/sparc64/kernel/systbls.S      |    4 ++--
 arch/um/kernel/sys_call_table.c    |    3 +++
 arch/v850/kernel/entry.S           |    3 +++
 arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S       |    4 ++++
 include/asm-alpha/unistd.h         |    5 ++++-
 include/asm-arm/unistd.h           |    3 +++
 include/asm-arm26/unistd.h         |    3 +++
 include/asm-cris/unistd.h          |    5 ++++-
 include/asm-h8300/unistd.h         |    5 ++++-
 include/asm-ia64/unistd.h          |    3 +++
 include/asm-m32r/unistd.h          |    5 ++++-
 include/asm-m68k/unistd.h          |    5 ++++-
 include/asm-mips/unistd.h          |   17 +++++++++++++----
 include/asm-parisc/unistd.h        |    5 ++++-
 include/asm-ppc/unistd.h           |    5 ++++-
 include/asm-ppc64/unistd.h         |    5 ++++-
 include/asm-s390/unistd.h          |    5 ++++-
 include/asm-sh/unistd.h            |    5 ++++-
 include/asm-sh64/unistd.h          |    5 ++++-
 include/asm-sparc/unistd.h         |    3 +++
 include/asm-sparc64/unistd.h       |    3 +++
 include/asm-v850/unistd.h          |    3 +++
 include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h        |    8 +++++++-
 47 files changed, 239 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
arch/alpha/kernel/systbls.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/alpha/kernel/systbls.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/alpha/kernel/systbls.S
@@ -458,6 +458,9 @@ sys_call_table:
 	.quad sys_mq_notify
 	.quad sys_mq_getsetattr
 	.quad sys_waitid
+	.quad sys_add_key
+	.quad sys_request_key
+	.quad sys_keyctl
 
 	.size sys_call_table, . - sys_call_table
 	.type sys_call_table, @object
arch/arm/kernel/calls.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@ __syscall_start:
 		.long	sys_mq_notify
 		.long	sys_mq_getsetattr
 /* 280 */	.long	sys_waitid
+		.long	sys_add_key
+		.long	sys_request_key
+		.long	sys_keyctl
 __syscall_end:
 
 		.rept	NR_syscalls - (__syscall_end - __syscall_start) / 4
arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/entry.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/entry.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/entry.S
@@ -1079,6 +1079,9 @@ sys_call_table:	
 	.long sys_mq_timedreceive	/* 280 */
 	.long sys_mq_notify
 	.long sys_mq_getsetattr
+	.long sys_add_key
+	.long sys_request_key	/* 285 */
+	.long sys_keyctl
 		
         /*
          * NOTE!! This doesn't have to be exact - we just have
arch/h8300/kernel/syscalls.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/h8300/kernel/syscalls.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/h8300/kernel/syscalls.S
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ SYMBOL_NAME_LABEL(sys_call_table)	
 	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_utimes)
  	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_fadvise64_64)
 	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_ni_syscall)	/* sys_vserver */
+	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_add_key)
+	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_request_key)	/* 275 */
+	.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_keyctl)
 
 	.rept NR_syscalls-(.-SYMBOL_NAME(sys_call_table))/4
 		.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_ni_syscall)
arch/ia64/ia32/ia32_entry.S +4 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/ia64/ia32/ia32_entry.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/ia64/ia32/ia32_entry.S
@@ -495,6 +495,10 @@ ia32_syscall_table:
   	data8 compat_sys_mq_getsetattr
 	data8 sys_ni_syscall		/* reserved for kexec */
 	data8 sys32_waitid
+	data8 sys_ni_syscall		/* reserved for setaltroot */
+	data8 sys32_add_key
+	data8 sys32_request_key
+	data8 sys_keyctl
 
 	// guard against failures to increase IA32_NR_syscalls
 	.org ia32_syscall_table + 8*IA32_NR_syscalls
arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c +20 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
@@ -2687,6 +2687,26 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_waitid(int which, 
 	return copy_siginfo_to_user32(uinfo, &info);
 }
 
+
+asmlinkage long sys32_add_key(const char __user *_type,
+			      const char __user *_description,
+			      const void __user *_payload,
+			      __u32 plen,
+			      __u32 ringid)
+{
+	sys_add_key(_type, _description, _payload, (size_t) plen,
+		    (key_serial_t) ringid);
+}
+
+asmlinkage long sys32_request_key(const char __user *_type,
+				  const char __user *_description,
+				  const char __user *_callout_info,
+				  __u32 destringid)
+{
+	sys_request_key(_type, _description, _callout_info,
+			(key_serial_t) destringid);
+}
+
 #ifdef	NOTYET  /* UNTESTED FOR IA64 FROM HERE DOWN */
 
 asmlinkage long sys32_setreuid(compat_uid_t ruid, compat_uid_t euid)
arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S +3 -3
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -1528,9 +1528,9 @@ sys_call_table:
 	data8 sys_ni_syscall			// reserved for kexec_load
 	data8 sys_ni_syscall
 	data8 sys_setaltroot			// 1270
-	data8 sys_ni_syscall
-	data8 sys_ni_syscall
-	data8 sys_ni_syscall
+	data8 sys_add_key
+	data8 sys_request_key
+	data8 sys_keyctl
 	data8 sys_ni_syscall
 	data8 sys_ni_syscall			// 1275
 	data8 sys_ni_syscall
arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S +3 -3
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S
@@ -868,9 +868,9 @@ fsyscall_table:
 	data8 0				// kexec_load
 	data8 0
 	data8 0							// 1270
-	data8 0
-	data8 0
-	data8 0
+	data8 0				// add_key
+	data8 0				// request_key
+	data8 0				// keyctl
 	data8 0
 	data8 0							// 1275
 	data8 0
arch/m32r/kernel/entry.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/m32r/kernel/entry.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/m32r/kernel/entry.S
@@ -994,6 +994,9 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
         .long sys_mq_getsetattr
         .long sys_ni_syscall            /* reserved for kexec */
 	.long sys_waitid
+	.long sys_add_key		/* 285 */
+	.long sys_request_key
+	.long sys_keyctl
 
 syscall_table_size=(.-sys_call_table)
 
arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S
@@ -663,3 +663,6 @@ sys_call_table:
 	.long sys_lremovexattr
 	.long sys_fremovexattr
 	.long sys_futex		/* 235 */
+	.long sys_add_key
+	.long sys_request_key
+	.long sys_keyctl
arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S
@@ -628,6 +628,9 @@ out:	jr	ra
 	sys	sys_mq_notify		2	/* 4275 */
 	sys	sys_mq_getsetattr	3
 	sys	sys_ni_syscall		0	/* sys_vserver */
+	sys	sys_add_key		5
+	sys	sys_request_key		4
+	sys	sys_keyctl		5
 
 	.endm
 
arch/mips/kernel/scall64-64.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-64.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-64.S
@@ -448,3 +448,6 @@ sys_call_table:
 	PTR	sys_mq_notify
 	PTR	sys_mq_getsetattr		/* 5235 */
 	PTR	sys_ni_syscall			/* sys_vserver */
+	PTR	sys_add_key
+	PTR	sys_request_key
+	PTR	sys_keyctl
arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
@@ -358,3 +358,6 @@ EXPORT(sysn32_call_table)
 	PTR	compat_sys_mq_notify
 	PTR	compat_sys_mq_getsetattr	/* 6239 */
 	PTR	sys_ni_syscall			/* sys_vserver */
+	PTR	sys_add_key
+	PTR	sys_request_key
+	PTR	sys_keyctl
arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
@@ -536,6 +536,9 @@ out:	jr	ra
 	sys	compat_sys_mq_notify	2	/* 4275 */
 	sys	compat_sys_mq_getsetattr 3
 	sys	sys_ni_syscall		0	/* sys_vserver */
+	sys	sys_add_key		5
+	sys	sys_request_key		4
+	sys	sys_keyctl		5
 
 	.endm
 
arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S +3 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
@@ -341,5 +341,7 @@
   ENTRY_SAME(mq_timedreceive)
   ENTRY_SAME(mq_notify)
   ENTRY_SAME(mq_getsetattr)
-  /* Nothing yet */       /* 235 */
+	ENTRY_SAME(add_key)	/* 235 */
+	ENTRY_SAME(request_key)
+	ENTRY_SAME(keyctl)
 
arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S
@@ -1447,3 +1447,6 @@ _GLOBAL(sys_call_table)
 	.long sys_mq_notify
 	.long sys_mq_getsetattr
 	.long sys_ni_syscall		/* 268 reserved for sys_kexec_load */
+	.long sys_add_key
+	.long sys_request_key		/* 270 */
+	.long sys_keyctl
arch/ppc64/kernel/misc.S +6 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/ppc64/kernel/misc.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/ppc64/kernel/misc.S
@@ -963,6 +963,9 @@ _GLOBAL(sys_call_table32)
 	.llong .compat_sys_mq_notify
 	.llong .compat_sys_mq_getsetattr
 	.llong .sys_ni_syscall		/* 268 reserved for sys_kexec_load */
+	.llong .sys32_add_key
+	.llong .sys32_request_key
+	.llong .sys32_keyctl
 
 	.balign 8
 _GLOBAL(sys_call_table)
@@ -1235,3 +1238,6 @@ _GLOBAL(sys_call_table)
 	.llong .sys_mq_notify
 	.llong .sys_mq_getsetattr
 	.llong .sys_ni_syscall		/* 268 reserved for sys_kexec_load */
+	.llong .sys_add_key
+	.llong .sys_request_key		/* 270 */
+	.llong .sys_keyctl
arch/ppc64/kernel/sys_ppc32.c +33 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/ppc64/kernel/sys_ppc32.c linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/ppc64/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
@@ -1328,3 +1328,36 @@ long ppc32_timer_create(clockid_t clock,
 
 	return err;
 }
+
+asmlinkage long sys32_add_key(const char __user *_type,
+			      const char __user *_description,
+			      const void __user *_payload,
+			      u32 plen,
+			      u32 ringid)
+{
+	sys_add_key(_type, _description, _payload, (size_t) plen,
+		    (key_serial_t) ringid);
+}
+
+asmlinkage long sys32_request_key(const char __user *_type,
+				  const char __user *_description,
+				  const char __user *_callout_info,
+				  u32 destringid)
+{
+	sys_request_key(_type, _description, _callout_info,
+			(key_serial_t) destringid);
+}
+
+/* Note: it is necessary to treat option as an unsigned int, 
+ * with the corresponding cast to a signed int to insure that the 
+ * proper conversion (sign extension) between the register representation of a signed int (msr in 32-bit mode)
+ * and the register representation of a signed int (msr in 64-bit mode) is performed.
+ */
+asmlinkage long sys32_keyctl(u32 option, u32 arg2, u32 arg3, u32 arg4, u32 arg5)
+{
+	return sys_keyctl((int)option,
+			 (unsigned long) arg2,
+			 (unsigned long) arg3,
+			 (unsigned long) arg4,
+			 (unsigned long) arg5);
+}
arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S +26 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
@@ -1406,3 +1406,29 @@ compat_sys_mq_getsetattr_wrapper:
 	llgtr	%r3,%r3			# struct compat_mq_attr *
 	llgtr	%r4,%r4			# struct compat_mq_attr *
 	jg	compat_sys_mq_getsetattr
+
+	.globl  sys32_add_key_wrapper
+sys32_add_key_wrapper:
+	lgfr	%r2,%r2			# const char *
+	llgfr	%r3,%r3			# const char *
+	llgfr	%r4,%r4			# const void *
+	llgfr	%r5,%r5			# size_t
+	llgfr	%r6,%r6			# key_serial_t
+	jg	sys_add_key		# branch to system call
+
+	.globl  sys32_request_key_wrapper
+sys32_request_key_wrapper:
+	lgfr	%r2,%r2			# const char *
+	llgfr	%r3,%r3			# const char *
+	llgfr	%r4,%r4			# const char *
+	llgfr	%r5,%r5			# key_serial_t
+	jg	sys_request_key		# branch to system call
+
+	.globl  sys32_keyctl_wrapper
+sys32_keyctl_wrapper:
+	lgfr	%r2,%r2			# int
+	llgfr	%r3,%r3			# unsigned long
+	llgfr	%r4,%r4			# unsigned long
+	llgfr	%r5,%r5			# unsigned long
+	llgfr	%r6,%r6			# unsigned long
+	jg	sys_keyctl		# branch to system call
arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
@@ -285,3 +285,6 @@ SYSCALL(sys_mq_timedsend,sys_mq_timedsen
 SYSCALL(sys_mq_timedreceive,sys_mq_timedreceive,compat_sys_mq_timedreceive_wrapper)
 SYSCALL(sys_mq_notify,sys_mq_notify,compat_sys_mq_notify_wrapper)
 SYSCALL(sys_mq_getsetattr,sys_mq_getsetattr,compat_sys_mq_getsetattr_wrapper)
+SYSCALL(sys_add_key,sys_add_key,sys32_add_key_wrapper)
+SYSCALL(sys_request_key,sys_request_key,sys32_request_key_wrapper)
+SYSCALL(sys_keyctl,sys_keyctl,sys32_keyctl_wrapper)
arch/sh/kernel/entry.S +4 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/sh/kernel/entry.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/sh/kernel/entry.S
@@ -1140,5 +1140,9 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
 	.long sys_mq_timedreceive       /* 280 */
 	.long sys_mq_notify
 	.long sys_mq_getsetattr
+	.long sys_add_key
+	.long sys_request_key
+	.long sys_keyctl		/* 285 */
+	
 
 /* End of entry.S */
arch/sh64/kernel/syscalls.S +3 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/sh64/kernel/syscalls.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/sh64/kernel/syscalls.S
@@ -337,4 +337,6 @@ sys_call_table:
 	.long sys_mq_timedreceive
 	.long sys_mq_notify
 	.long sys_mq_getsetattr		/* 310 */
-
+	.long sys_add_key
+	.long sys_request_key
+	.long sys_keyctl
arch/sparc/kernel/systbls.S +1 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls.S
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ sys_call_table:
 /*265*/	.long sys_timer_delete, sys_timer_create, sys_nis_syscall, sys_io_setup, sys_io_destroy
 /*270*/	.long sys_io_submit, sys_io_cancel, sys_io_getevents, sys_mq_open, sys_mq_unlink
 /*275*/	.long sys_mq_timedsend, sys_mq_timedreceive, sys_mq_notify, sys_mq_getsetattr, sys_waitid
-/*280*/	.long sys_ni_syscall, sys_ni_syscall, sys_ni_syscall
+/*280*/	.long sys_add_key, sys_request_key, sys_keyctl
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SUNOS_EMUL
 	/* Now the SunOS syscall table. */
arch/sparc64/kernel/sys32.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys32.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys32.S
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ SIGN2(sys32_shutdown, sys_shutdown, %o0,
 SIGN3(sys32_socketpair, sys_socketpair, %o0, %o1, %o2)
 SIGN1(sys32_getpeername, sys_getpeername, %o0)
 SIGN1(sys32_getsockname, sys_getsockname, %o0)
+SIGN2(sys32_add_key, sys_add_key, %o3, %o4)
+SIGN1(sys32_request_key, sys_request_key, %o3)
+SIGN1(sys32_keyctl, sys_keyctl, %o0)
 
 	.globl		sys32_mmap2
 sys32_mmap2:
arch/sparc64/kernel/systbls.S +2 -2
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/sparc64/kernel/systbls.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/sparc64/kernel/systbls.S
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ sys_call_table32:
 	.word sys_timer_delete, sys32_timer_create, sys_ni_syscall, compat_sys_io_setup, sys_io_destroy
 /*270*/	.word sys32_io_submit, sys_io_cancel, compat_sys_io_getevents, sys32_mq_open, sys_mq_unlink
 	.word sys_mq_timedsend, sys_mq_timedreceive, compat_sys_mq_notify, compat_sys_mq_getsetattr, compat_sys_waitid
-/*280*/	.word sys_ni_syscall, sys_ni_syscall, sys_ni_syscall
+/*280*/	.word sys32_add_key, sys32_request_key, sys32_keyctl
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ sys_call_table:
 	.word sys_timer_delete, sys_timer_create, sys_ni_syscall, sys_io_setup, sys_io_destroy
 /*270*/	.word sys_io_submit, sys_io_cancel, sys_io_getevents, sys_mq_open, sys_mq_unlink
 	.word sys_mq_timedsend, sys_mq_timedreceive, sys_mq_notify, sys_mq_getsetattr, sys_waitid
-/*280*/	.word sys_ni_syscall, sys_ni_syscall, sys_ni_syscall
+/*280*/	.word sys_add_key, sys_request_key, sys_keyctl
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SUNOS_EMUL) || defined(CONFIG_SOLARIS_EMUL) || \
     defined(CONFIG_SOLARIS_EMUL_MODULE)
arch/um/kernel/sys_call_table.c +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/um/kernel/sys_call_table.c linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/um/kernel/sys_call_table.c
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ syscall_handler_t *sys_call_table[] = {
 	[ __NR_utimes ] (syscall_handler_t *) sys_utimes,
 	[ __NR_fadvise64_64 ] (syscall_handler_t *) sys_fadvise64_64,
 	[ __NR_vserver ] (syscall_handler_t *) sys_ni_syscall,
+	[ __NR_add_key ] (syscall_handler_t *) sys_add_key,
+	[ __NR_request_key ] (syscall_handler_t *) sys_request_key,
+	[ __NR_keyctl ] (syscall_handler_t *) sys_keyctl,
 
 	ARCH_SYSCALLS
 	[ LAST_SYSCALL + 1 ... NR_syscalls ] = 
arch/v850/kernel/entry.S +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/v850/kernel/entry.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/v850/kernel/entry.S
@@ -1117,5 +1117,8 @@ C_DATA(sys_call_table):
 	.long CSYM(sys_pivot_root)	// 200
 	.long CSYM(sys_gettid)
 	.long CSYM(sys_tkill)
+	.long CSYM(sys_add_key)
+	.long CSYM(sys_request_key)
+	.long CSYM(sys_keyctl)		// 205
 sys_call_table_end:
 C_END(sys_call_table)
arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S +4 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S
@@ -587,6 +587,10 @@ ia32_sys_call_table:
 	.quad compat_sys_mq_getsetattr
 	.quad quiet_ni_syscall		/* reserved for kexec */
 	.quad sys32_waitid
+	.quad quiet_ni_syscall		/* 285 reserved for setaltroot */
+	.quad sys_add_key
+	.quad sys_request_key
+	.quad sys_keyctl
 	/* don't forget to change IA32_NR_syscalls */
 ia32_syscall_end:		
 	.rept IA32_NR_syscalls-(ia32_syscall_end-ia32_sys_call_table)/8
include/asm-alpha/unistd.h +4 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-alpha/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-alpha/unistd.h
@@ -374,8 +374,11 @@
 #define __NR_mq_notify			436
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr		437
 #define __NR_waitid			438
+#define __NR_add_key			439
+#define __NR_request_key		440
+#define __NR_keyctl			441
 
-#define NR_SYSCALLS			439
+#define NR_SYSCALLS			442
 
 #if defined(__GNUC__)
 
include/asm-arm/unistd.h +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-arm/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-arm/unistd.h
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@
 #define __NR_mq_notify			(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+278)
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr		(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+279)
 #define __NR_waitid			(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+280)
+#define __NR_add_key			(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+281)
+#define __NR_request_key		(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+282)
+#define __NR_keyctl			(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+283)
 
 /*
  * The following SWIs are ARM private.
include/asm-arm26/unistd.h +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-arm26/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-arm26/unistd.h
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@
 #define __NR_lremovexattr		(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+236)
 #define __NR_fremovexattr		(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+237)
 #define __NR_tkill			(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+238)
+#define __NR_add_key			(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+239)
+#define __NR_request_key		(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+240)
+#define __NR_keyctl			(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+241)
 
 /*
  * The following SWIs are ARM private.
include/asm-cris/unistd.h +4 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-cris/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-cris/unistd.h
@@ -288,8 +288,11 @@
 #define __NR_mq_timedreceive	(__NR_mq_open+3)
 #define __NR_mq_notify		(__NR_mq_open+4)
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr	(__NR_mq_open+5)
+#define __NR_add_key		283
+#define __NR_request_key	284
+#define __NR_keyctl		285
  
-#define NR_syscalls 283
+#define NR_syscalls 286
 
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
include/asm-h8300/unistd.h +4 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-h8300/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-h8300/unistd.h
@@ -269,8 +269,11 @@
 #define __NR_clock_gettime	(__NR_timer_create+6)
 #define __NR_clock_getres	(__NR_timer_create+7)
 #define __NR_clock_nanosleep	(__NR_timer_create+8)
+#define __NR_add_key		274
+#define __NR_request_key	275
+#define __NR_keyctl		276
 
-#define NR_syscalls 268
+#define NR_syscalls 277
 
 
 /* user-visible error numbers are in the range -1 - -122: see
include/asm-ia64/unistd.h +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@
 #define __NR_kexec_load			1268
 #define __NR_vserver			1269
 #define __NR_setaltroot			1270
+#define __NR_add_key			1271
+#define __NR_request_key		1272
+#define __NR_keyctl			1273
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
include/asm-m32r/unistd.h +4 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-m32r/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-m32r/unistd.h
@@ -294,8 +294,11 @@
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr      (__NR_mq_open+5)
 #define __NR_sys_kexec_load    283
 #define __NR_waitid            284
+#define __NR_add_key		285
+#define __NR_request_key	286
+#define __NR_keyctl		287
 
-#define NR_syscalls 285
+#define NR_syscalls 288
 
 /* user-visible error numbers are in the range -1 - -124: see
  * <asm-m32r/errno.h>
include/asm-m68k/unistd.h +4 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-m68k/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-m68k/unistd.h
@@ -238,8 +238,11 @@
 #define __NR_lremovexattr	233
 #define __NR_fremovexattr	234
 #define __NR_futex		235
+#define __NR_add_key		236
+#define __NR_request_key	237
+#define __NR_keyctl		238
 
-#define NR_syscalls		236
+#define NR_syscalls		239
 
 /* user-visible error numbers are in the range -1 - -124: see
    <asm-m68k/errno.h> */
include/asm-mips/unistd.h +13 -4
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-mips/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-mips/unistd.h
@@ -298,16 +298,19 @@
 #define __NR_mq_notify			(__NR_Linux + 275)
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr		(__NR_Linux + 276)
 #define __NR_vserver			(__NR_Linux + 277)
+#define __NR_add_key			(__NR_Linux + 278)
+#define __NR_request_key		(__NR_Linux + 279)
+#define __NR_keyctl			(__NR_Linux + 280)
 
 /*
  * Offset of the last Linux o32 flavoured syscall
  */
-#define __NR_Linux_syscalls		277
+#define __NR_Linux_syscalls		280
 
 #endif /* _MIPS_SIM = _MIPS_SIM_ABI32 */
 
 #define __NR_O32_Linux			4000
-#define __NR_O32_Linux_syscalls		277
+#define __NR_O32_Linux_syscalls		280
 
 #if _MIPS_SIM = _MIPS_SIM_ABI64
 
@@ -552,11 +555,14 @@
 #define __NR_mq_notify			(__NR_Linux + 234)
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr		(__NR_Linux + 235)
 #define __NR_vserver			(__NR_Linux + 236)
+#define __NR_add_key			(__NR_Linux + 237)
+#define __NR_request_key		(__NR_Linux + 238)
+#define __NR_keyctl			(__NR_Linux + 239)
 
 /*
  * Offset of the last Linux flavoured syscall
  */
-#define __NR_Linux_syscalls		236
+#define __NR_Linux_syscalls		239
 
 #endif /* _MIPS_SIM = _MIPS_SIM_ABI64 */
 
@@ -810,11 +816,14 @@
 #define __NR_mq_notify			(__NR_Linux + 238)
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr		(__NR_Linux + 239)
 #define __NR_vserver			(__NR_Linux + 240)
+#define __NR_add_key			(__NR_Linux + 241)
+#define __NR_request_key		(__NR_Linux + 242)
+#define __NR_keyctl			(__NR_Linux + 243)
 
 /*
  * Offset of the last N32 flavoured syscall
  */
-#define __NR_Linux_syscalls		240
+#define __NR_Linux_syscalls		243
 
 #endif /* _MIPS_SIM = _MIPS_SIM_NABI32 */
 
include/asm-parisc/unistd.h +4 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-parisc/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-parisc/unistd.h
@@ -727,8 +727,11 @@
 #define __NR_mq_timedreceive    (__NR_Linux + 232)
 #define __NR_mq_notify          (__NR_Linux + 233)
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr      (__NR_Linux + 234)
+#define __NR_add_key		(__NR_Linux + 235)
+#define __NR_request_key	(__NR_Linux + 236)
+#define __NR_keyctl		(__NR_Linux + 237)
 
-#define __NR_Linux_syscalls     235
+#define __NR_Linux_syscalls     238
 
 #define HPUX_GATEWAY_ADDR       0xC0000004
 #define LINUX_GATEWAY_ADDR      0x100
include/asm-ppc/unistd.h +4 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-ppc/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-ppc/unistd.h
@@ -273,8 +273,11 @@
 #define __NR_mq_notify		266
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr	267
 #define __NR_kexec_load		268
+#define __NR_add_key		269
+#define __NR_request_key	270
+#define __NR_keyctl		271
 
-#define __NR_syscalls		269
+#define __NR_syscalls		272
 
 #define __NR(n)	#n
 
include/asm-ppc64/unistd.h +4 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-ppc64/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-ppc64/unistd.h
@@ -279,8 +279,11 @@
 #define __NR_mq_notify		266
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr	267
 #define __NR_kexec_load		268
+#define __NR_add_key		269
+#define __NR_request_key	270
+#define __NR_keyctl		271
 
-#define __NR_syscalls		269
+#define __NR_syscalls		272
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 #define NR_syscalls	__NR_syscalls
 #endif
include/asm-s390/unistd.h +4 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-s390/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-s390/unistd.h
@@ -269,8 +269,11 @@
 #define __NR_mq_timedreceive	274
 #define __NR_mq_notify		275
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr	276
+#define __NR_add_key		277
+#define __NR_request_key	278
+#define __NR_keyctl		279
 
-#define NR_syscalls 277
+#define NR_syscalls 280
 
 /* 
  * There are some system calls that are not present on 64 bit, some
include/asm-sh/unistd.h +4 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-sh/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-sh/unistd.h
@@ -290,8 +290,11 @@
 #define __NR_mq_timedreceive    (__NR_mq_open+3)
 #define __NR_mq_notify          (__NR_mq_open+4)
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr      (__NR_mq_open+5)
+#define __NR_add_key		283
+#define __NR_request_key	284
+#define __NR_keyctl		285
 
-#define NR_syscalls 283
+#define NR_syscalls 286
 
 /* user-visible error numbers are in the range -1 - -124: see <asm-sh/errno.h> */
 
include/asm-sh64/unistd.h +4 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-sh64/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-sh64/unistd.h
@@ -333,8 +333,11 @@
 #define __NR_mq_timedreceive    (__NR_mq_open+3)
 #define __NR_mq_notify          (__NR_mq_open+4)
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr      (__NR_mq_open+5)
+#define __NR_add_key		311
+#define __NR_request_key	312
+#define __NR_keyctl		313
 
-#define NR_syscalls 311
+#define NR_syscalls 314
 
 /* user-visible error numbers are in the range -1 - -125: see <asm-sh64/errno.h> */
 
include/asm-sparc/unistd.h +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-sparc/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-sparc/unistd.h
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@
 #define __NR_mq_notify		277
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr	278
 #define __NR_waitid		279
+#define __NR_add_key		280
+#define __NR_request_key	281
+#define __NR_keyctl		282
 
 /* WARNING: You MAY NOT add syscall numbers larger than 282, since
  *          all of the syscall tables in the Sparc kernel are
include/asm-sparc64/unistd.h +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-sparc64/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-sparc64/unistd.h
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@
 #define __NR_mq_notify		277
 #define __NR_mq_getsetattr	278
 #define __NR_waitid		279
+#define __NR_add_key		280
+#define __NR_request_key	281
+#define __NR_keyctl		282
 
 /* WARNING: You MAY NOT add syscall numbers larger than 282, since
  *          all of the syscall tables in the Sparc kernel are
include/asm-v850/unistd.h +3 -0
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-v850/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-v850/unistd.h
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@
 #define __NR_pivot_root		200
 #define __NR_gettid		201
 #define __NR_tkill		202
+#define __NR_add_key		203
+#define __NR_request_key	204
+#define __NR_keyctl		205
 
 
 /* Syscall protocol:
include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h +7 -1
diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h
@@ -556,8 +556,14 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_mq_getsetattr, sys_mq_get
 __SYSCALL(__NR_kexec_load, sys_ni_syscall)
 #define __NR_waitid		247
 __SYSCALL(__NR_waitid, sys_waitid)
+#define __NR_add_key		248
+__SYSCALL(__NR_add_key, sys_add_key)
+#define __NR_request_key	249
+__SYSCALL(__NR_request_key, sys_request_key)
+#define __NR_keyctl		250
+__SYSCALL(__NR_keyctl, sys_keyctl)
 
-#define __NR_syscall_max __NR_waitid
+#define __NR_syscall_max __NR_keyctl
 #ifndef __NO_STUBS
 
 /* user-visible error numbers are in the range -1 - -4095 */
#1 lore raw
Quoted 6 lines

Hi Linus, Andrew,

The attached patch adds syscalls for almost all archs (everything barring m68knommu which is in a real mess, and i386 which already has it).

It also adds 32->64 compatibility where appropriate.

Umm, that patch added the damn multiplexer that had been vetoed multiple times. Why did this happen?

#2 lore raw
Quoted 10 lines · Christoph Hellwig
Quoted 7 lines

Hi Linus, Andrew,

The attached patch adds syscalls for almost all archs (everything barring m68knommu which is in a real mess, and i386 which already has it).

It also adds 32->64 compatibility where appropriate.

Umm, that patch added the damn multiplexer that had been vetoed multiple times. Why did this happen?

Fifteen new syscalls was judged excessive and the keyfs interface was judged slow and bloaty.

#3 lore raw
Quoted 7 lines · Andrew Morton
Quoted 6 lines · Christoph Hellwig
Quoted 6 lines

Hi Linus, Andrew,

The attached patch adds syscalls for almost all archs (everything barring m68knommu which is in a real mess, and i386 which already has it).

Quoted 7 lines
Quoted 4 lines
Quoted 1 line

It also adds 32->64 compatibility where appropriate.

Umm, that patch added the damn multiplexer that had been vetoed multiple times. Why did this happen?

Fifteen new syscalls was judged excessive and the keyfs interface was judged slow and bloaty.

Maybe 15 syscalls just means the API is goddamn awfull and we certainly shouldn't merge it as-is.

#4 lore raw
In reply to David Howells
Quoted 8 lines · David Howells

The attached patch adds syscalls for almost all archs (everything barring m68knommu which is in a real mess, and i386 which already has it).

It also adds 32->64 compatibility where appropriate.

arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S line 346

Quoted 7 lines
arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S +3 -1
@@ -341,5 +341,7 @@
   ENTRY_SAME(mq_timedreceive)
   ENTRY_SAME(mq_notify)
   ENTRY_SAME(mq_getsetattr)
-  /* Nothing yet */       /* 235 */
+	ENTRY_SAME(add_key)	/* 235 */
+	ENTRY_SAME(request_key)
+	ENTRY_SAME(keyctl)

Um, no. Should be ENTRY_COMP() if there's compat syscalls. And those particular syscall numbers have already been assigned (blame Linus for dropping the PA-RISC patch on the floor instead of including it in 2.6.9).

Signature · 6 lines
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the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those
conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse
to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince 
himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep 
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#5 lore raw
Quoted 2 lines

Um, no. Should be ENTRY_COMP() if there's compat syscalls.

Not all archs (of which PA-Risc is an example) seem to require the same fixups on the same syscalls. In some instances, the upper half of the register is implicitly zero on 32-bit syscall entry to a 64-bit kernel. In such cases, none of my syscalls require fixing up, assuming the pointers are automatically correct.

Quoted 3 lines

And those particular syscall numbers have already been assigned (blame Linus for dropping the PA-RISC patch on the floor instead of including it in 2.6.9).

There's not a lot I can do about that, except wave a patch under Linus's nose and see who complains. Can you allocate three syscall numbers for me for parisc?

David

#6 lore raw
In reply to David Howells
Quoted 2 lines · David Howells

The attached patch adds syscalls for almost all archs (everything barring m68knommu which is in a real mess, and i386 which already has it).

m68nommu mirrors m68k now, but that patch doesn't seem to be in Linus' tree yet.

Anyway, I'll reserve 3 syscalls for m68k, together with the other pending syscall numbers.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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#7 lore raw
Quoted 8 lines · Geert Uytterhoeven
Quoted 2 lines · David Howells

The attached patch adds syscalls for almost all archs (everything barring m68knommu which is in a real mess, and i386 which already has it).

m68nommu mirrors m68k now, but that patch doesn't seem to be in Linus' tree yet.

Yes, I have a patch to do that brings it into line with m68k. I need to submit that a bunch of other patches. I am a little behind :-)

Regards
Greg

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#8 lore raw
In reply to David Howells
Quoted 23 lines · David Howells

diff -uNrp linux-2.6.9-bk4/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S linux-2.6.9-bk4-keys/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S

arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S +16 -0
@@ -1406,3 +1406,29 @@ compat_sys_mq_getsetattr_wrapper:
 	llgtr	%r3,%r3			# struct compat_mq_attr *
 	llgtr	%r4,%r4			# struct compat_mq_attr *
 	jg	compat_sys_mq_getsetattr
+
+	.globl  sys32_add_key_wrapper
+sys32_add_key_wrapper:
+	lgfr	%r2,%r2			# const char *
+	llgfr	%r3,%r3			# const char *
+	llgfr	%r4,%r4			# const void *
+	llgfr	%r5,%r5			# size_t
+	llgfr	%r6,%r6			# key_serial_t
+	jg	sys_add_key		# branch to system call
+
+	.globl  sys32_request_key_wrapper
+sys32_request_key_wrapper:
+	lgfr	%r2,%r2			# const char *
+	llgfr	%r3,%r3			# const char *
+	llgfr	%r4,%r4			# const char *
+	llgfr	%r5,%r5			# key_serial_t

arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S compat_sys_mq_getsetattr_wrapper: · line 1434

Quoted 10 lines
arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S +10 -0
+	jg	sys_request_key		# branch to system call
+
+	.globl  sys32_keyctl_wrapper
+sys32_keyctl_wrapper:
+	lgfr	%r2,%r2			# int
+	llgfr	%r3,%r3			# unsigned long
+	llgfr	%r4,%r4			# unsigned long
+	llgfr	%r5,%r5			# unsigned long
+	llgfr	%r6,%r6			# unsigned long
+	jg	sys_keyctl		# branch to system call

The comments don't match with the code. Please use the correct lgfr/llgfr/llgtr opcodes for signed/unsigned/pointer extension. Note that for keyctl_wrapper, the actual conversion is not static but depends on the value of %r2. You probably want to code that conversion in C.

	Arnd <><
maintainer
#9 lore raw
In reply to David Howells

David, I applaud your effort to take care of this. However, this patch will conflict with what I've sent into Linus already for Sparc. I also had to add the sys_altroot syscall entry as well.

I've mentioned several times that perhaps the best way to deal with this problem is to purposefully break the build of platforms when new system calls are added.

Simply adding a:

#error new syscall entries for X and Y needed

to include/asm-*/unistd.h would handle this just fine I think.

That way it won't be missed, and if the platform maintainer wants to just ignore the new syscall they can choose to do that as well.

#10 lore raw
Quoted 11 lines · David S. Miller

David, I applaud your effort to take care of this. However, this patch will conflict with what I've sent into Linus already for Sparc. I also had to add the sys_altroot syscall entry as well.

I've mentioned several times that perhaps the best way to deal with this problem is to purposefully break the build of platforms when new system calls are added.

Quoted 6 lines

Simply adding a:

#error new syscall entries for X and Y needed

to include/asm-*/unistd.h would handle this just fine I think.

I don't think that's a good idea. Normally new system calls are relatively obscure and the system works fine without them, so urgent action is not needed.

And I think we can trust architecture maintainers to regularly sync the system calls with i386.

-Andi

maintainer
#11 lore raw
Quoted 6 lines · On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 00:56:25 +0200 Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:

I don't think that's a good idea. Normally new system calls are relatively obscure and the system works fine without them, so urgent action is not needed.

And I think we can trust architecture maintainers to regularly sync the system calls with i386.

I disagree quite strongly. One major frustration for users of non-x86 platforms is that functionality is often missing for some time that we can make trivial to keep in sync.

I religiously watch what goes into Linus's tree for this purpose, but that is kind of a rediculious burdon to expect every platform maintainer to do. It's not just system calls, we have signal handling bug fixes, trap handling infrastructure, and now the nice generic IRQ handling subsystem as other examples.

Simply put, if you're not watching the tree in painstaking detail every day, you miss all of these enhancements.

The knowledge should come from the person putting the changes into the tree, therefore it gets done once and this makes it so that the other platform maintainers will find out about it automatically next time they update their tree.

#12 lore raw
Quoted 7 lines · David S. Miller
Quoted 4 lines · On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 00:56:25 +0200 Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:

I don't think that's a good idea. Normally new system calls are relatively obscure and the system works fine without them, so urgent action is not needed.

Quoted 6 lines
Quoted 2 lines

And I think we can trust architecture maintainers to regularly sync the system calls with i386.

I disagree quite strongly. One major frustration for users of non-x86 platforms is that functionality is often missing for some time that we can make trivial to keep in sync.

I'm not sure really if the users of some embedded platform are all sheering for key management system calls...

I guess they will prefer just something that compiles.

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I religiously watch what goes into Linus's tree for this purpose, but that is kind of a rediculious burdon to expect every platform maintainer to do. It's not just system calls, we have signal handling bug fixes, trap handling infrastructure, and now the nice generic IRQ handling subsystem as other examples.

Most of that is optional. When the arch maintainer choses not to use it you have just unnecessarily broken the build.

IMHO breaking the build unnecessarily is extremly bad because it will prevent all testing. And would you really want to hold up the whole linux testing machinery just for some obscure system call? IMHO not a good tradeoff.

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Simply put, if you're not watching the tree in painstaking detail every day, you miss all of these enhancements.

I would assume the other maintainers go at least from time to time through the i386 diffs and check if they miss anything (that is what I do). For system calls they do definitely, although it may take some time.

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The knowledge should come from the person putting the changes into the tree, therefore it gets done once and this makes it so that the other platform maintainers will find out about it automatically next time they update their tree.

And causing merging headaches and all kind of other problems.

-Andi

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Quoted 4 lines · On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 01:25:09 +0200 Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:

IMHO breaking the build unnecessarily is extremly bad because it will prevent all testing. And would you really want to hold up the whole linux testing machinery just for some obscure system call? IMHO not a good tradeoff.

Then change the unistd.h cookie from "#error" to a "#warning". It accomplishes both of our goals.

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Quoted 4 lines · On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 01:25:09 +0200 Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:

IMHO breaking the build unnecessarily is extremly bad because it will prevent all testing. And would you really want to hold up the whole linux testing machinery just for some obscure system call? IMHO not a good tradeoff.

Then change the unistd.h cookie from "#error" to a "#warning". It accomplishes both of our goals.

#warnings would be fine for me.

-Andi

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Quoted 4 lines · On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 01:25:09 +0200 Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:

IMHO breaking the build unnecessarily is extremly bad because it will prevent all testing. And would you really want to hold up the whole linux testing machinery just for some obscure system call? IMHO not a good tradeoff.

Then change the unistd.h cookie from "#error" to a "#warning". It accomplishes both of our goals.

Please do so! And not only for syscalls, but also for other things.

That way we can procmail all mails sent to lkml or bk-commits-head that add #warnings to arch/<arch>/ or include/asm-<arch>/.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [email protected]

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
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Quoted 4 lines · On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 00:56:25 +0200 Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:

I don't think that's a good idea. Normally new system calls are relatively obscure and the system works fine without them, so urgent action is not needed.

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And I think we can trust architecture maintainers to regularly sync the system calls with i386.

I disagree quite strongly. One major frustration for users of non-x86 platforms is that functionality is often missing for some time that we can make trivial to keep in sync.

I agree with David here. It's also easy for arch/platform maintainers to "miss" a new syscall too ... for various reasons, we can't all read _everything_ that gets posted to lkml and we all do occasionally miss some csets going upstream, which means we can very well totally "forget" about addint the new syscall to the arch ... until somebody complains, which can be 1 or 2 releases later !

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I religiously watch what goes into Linus's tree for this purpose, but that is kind of a rediculious burdon to expect every platform maintainer to do. It's not just system calls, we have signal handling bug fixes, trap handling infrastructure, and now the nice generic IRQ handling subsystem as other examples.

Right.

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Simply put, if you're not watching the tree in painstaking detail every day, you miss all of these enhancements.

The knowledge should come from the person putting the changes into the tree, therefore it gets done once and this makes it so that the other platform maintainers will find out about it automatically next time they update their tree.

Agreed,
Ben.

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On Wed, 2004-10-20 16:04:50 -0700, David S. Miller <[email protected]> wrote in message <[email protected]>:

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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 00:56:25 +0200
Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:

*VAX hacker's hat on*

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I disagree quite strongly. One major frustration for users of non-x86 platforms is that functionality is often missing for some time that we can make trivial to keep in sync.

Full ACK.

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Simply put, if you're not watching the tree in painstaking detail every day, you miss all of these enhancements.

Right; and these missing enhancements will cause extra-pain when they're used some time later from core code. That is, you missed the feature while it was discusses/accepted and need to put it in place later on. So you've got to do extra searching etc.

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The knowledge should come from the person putting the changes into the tree, therefore it gets done once and this makes it so that the other platform maintainers will find out about it automatically next time they update their tree.

Here's my proposal:

$ mkdir ./Documentation/new_enhancements_to_implement
$ cat ./Documentation/new_enhancements_to_implement/new_key_syscalls << EOF
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Dear Architecture Maintailers,

please add these four new cryptographic key functions to your syscall table. It's quite easy; just extend the ./include/arch-xxx/unistd.h for four new defines and then add them to your ./arch/xxx/kernel/entry.S file. For reference, here's my i386 patch doing this:

diff -Nurp

to/file/one +1 -1
 text
-del
+add
 more text
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Thanks, your keychain hacker:-)
EOF

$

This way, all arch maintainers just *see* what needs to be done and get a small introduction on how to do that. I'd *really* like to see that! That would particularly help those that cannot do full-time hacking on their port (like us VAX hackers:-)

MfG, JBG

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