Re: Linux powerpc new system call instruction and ABI

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Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 05:00:36PM -0300, Matheus Castanho wrote:
>> Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> > * Matheus Castanho via Libc-alpha:
>> >> From: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] powerpc: Fix handling of scv return error codes
>> >>
>> >> When using scv on templated ASM syscalls, current code interprets any
>> >> negative return value as error, but the only valid error codes are in
>> >> the range -4095..-1 according to the ABI.
>> >>
>> >> Reviewed-by: Matheus Castanho <msc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > Please reference bug 27892 in the commit message.  I'd also appreciate a
>> > backport to the 2.33 release branch (where you need to add NEWS manually
>> > to add the bug reference).
>>
>> No problem. [BZ #27892] appended to the commit title. I'll make sure to
>> backport to 2.33 as well.
>
> Could you also mention in the commit message that the change fixes
> 'signal.gen.test' strace test where it was observed initially?

Sure, no problem. I'll commit it later today.

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Matheus Castanho



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