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From: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
To: Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>,
	GNU C Library <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>,
	Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] alpha: force old OSF1 syscalls for getegid, geteuid and getppid [BZ #24986]
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 18:26:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190914162620.GA2961@aurel32.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKCAbMiBbV5rB5XdkxVpqGCt+oWd8sZ1xqcgE0jE2g=OyacYrA@mail.gmail.com>

On 2019-09-10 11:44, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 10:58 AM Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> wrote:
> > On 2019-09-10 13:20, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > > * Aurelien Jarno:
> > >
> > > > Changelog:
> > > >     [BZ #24986]
> > > >         * sysdeps/unix/alpha/getegid.S: Move to ...
> > > >     * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/getegid.S: ... here.
> > > >         * sysdeps/unix/alpha/geteuid.S: Move to ...
> > > >     * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/geteuid.S: ... here.
> > > >         * sysdeps/unix/alpha/getppid.S: Move to ...
> > > >     * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/getppid.S: ... here
> > >
> > > Looks reasonable to me.
> >
> > The other alternative instead of moving the files is to add those files
> > with a simple #include <sysdeps/unix/alpha/getXXXX.S>. It's the strategy
> > chosen for pipe.S for example.
> 
> What are the odds that a hypothetical future port to Alpha with a
> non-Linux kernel would want to use these files, though?  If they're
> not likely to be wanted, moving the files is simpler.

There is already little interest for the Linux kernel port, so I really
doubt a non-Linux kernel port will happen. I have therefore committed
the patch.
 
-- 
Aurelien Jarno                          GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B
aurelien@aurel32.net                 http://www.aurel32.net

      reply	other threads:[~2019-09-14 16:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-10 10:53 [PATCH] alpha: force old OSF1 syscalls for getegid, geteuid and getppid [BZ #24986] Aurelien Jarno
2019-09-10 11:20 ` Florian Weimer
2019-09-10 14:58   ` Aurelien Jarno
2019-09-10 15:44     ` Zack Weinberg
2019-09-14 16:26       ` Aurelien Jarno [this message]

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