Re: [PATCH 5/6 v3] syscalls: Remove start and number from syscall_get_arguments() args

2019-04-04 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 21:17:58 +0300 "Dmitry V. Levin" wrote: > There are several places listed below where I'd prefer to see more readable > equivalents, but feel free to leave it to respective arch maintainers. I was going to do similar changes, but figured I'd do just that (let the arch maintain

Re: [PATCH 5/6 v3] syscalls: Remove start and number from syscall_get_arguments() args

2019-04-04 Thread Max Filippov
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 6:45 AM Steven Rostedt wrote: > > From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" > > At Linux Plumbers, Andy Lutomirski approached me and pointed out that the > function call syscall_get_arguments() implemented in x86 was horribly > written and not optimized for the standard case of pass

Re: [PATCH 5/6 v3] syscalls: Remove start and number from syscall_get_arguments() args

2019-04-04 Thread Dmitry V. Levin
On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 09:41:09AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" > > At Linux Plumbers, Andy Lutomirski approached me and pointed out that the > function call syscall_get_arguments() implemented in x86 was horribly > written and not optimized for the standard cas

Re: [PATCH 5/6 v3] syscalls: Remove start and number from syscall_get_arguments() args

2019-04-04 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Mon, 1 Apr 2019, Steven Rostedt wrote: > From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" > > At Linux Plumbers, Andy Lutomirski approached me and pointed out that the > function call syscall_get_arguments() implemented in x86 was horribly > written and not optimized for the standard case of passing in 0 and

Re: [PATCH 5/6 v3] syscalls: Remove start and number from syscall_get_arguments() args

2019-04-03 Thread Paul Burton
Hi Steven, On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 09:41:09AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" > > At Linux Plumbers, Andy Lutomirski approached me and pointed out that the > function call syscall_get_arguments() implemented in x86 was horribly > written and not optimized for the

[PATCH 5/6 v3] syscalls: Remove start and number from syscall_get_arguments() args

2019-04-01 Thread Steven Rostedt
From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" At Linux Plumbers, Andy Lutomirski approached me and pointed out that the function call syscall_get_arguments() implemented in x86 was horribly written and not optimized for the standard case of passing in 0 and 6 for the starting index and the number of system ca