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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl index 1f47e24fb65c..379819244b91 100644 --- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl +++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl @@ -364,10 +364,10 @@ 440 common process_madvise sys_process_madvise # -# x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact -# for native 64-bit operation. The __x32_compat_sys stubs are created -# on-the-fly for compat_sys_*() compatibility system calls if X86_X32 -# is defined. +# Due to a historical design error, certain syscalls are numbered differently +# in x32 as compared to native x86_64. These syscalls have numbers 512-547. +# Do not add new syscalls to this range. Numbers 548 and above are available +# for non-x32 use. # 512 x32 rt_sigaction compat_sys_rt_sigaction 513 x32 rt_sigreturn compat_sys_x32_rt_sigreturn @@ -405,3 +405,5 @@ 545 x32 execveat compat_sys_execveat 546 x32 preadv2 compat_sys_preadv64v2 547 x32 pwritev2 compat_sys_pwritev64v2 +# This is the end of the legacy x32 range. Numbers 548 and above are +# not special and are not to be used for x32-specific syscalls. |