Re: + perfmon2-reserve-system-calls.patch added to -mm tree

From: Arnd Bergmann (arnd_at_arndb.de)
Date: 11/15/05

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Date:	Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:50:26 +0100

    On Dinsdag 15 November 2005 00:30, akpm@osdl.org wrote:
    > diff -puN include/asm-powerpc/unistd.h~perfmon2-reserve-system-calls include/asm-powerpc/unistd.h
    > --- 25/include/asm-powerpc/unistd.h~perfmon2-reserve-system-calls       Mon Nov 14 15:27:32 2005
    > +++ 25-akpm/include/asm-powerpc/unistd.h        Mon Nov 14 15:27:32 2005
    > @@ -296,8 +296,20 @@
    >  #define __NR_inotify_init      275
    >  #define __NR_inotify_add_watch 276
    >  #define __NR_inotify_rm_watch  277
    > +#define __NR_pfm_create_context        278
    > +#define __NR_pfm_write_pmcs    279
    > +#define __NR_pfm_write_pmds    280
    > +#define __NR_pfm_read_pmds     281
    > +#define __NR_pfm_load_context  282
    > +#define __NR_pfm_start         283
    > +#define __NR_pfm_stop          284
    > +#define __NR_pfm_restart       285
    > +#define __NR_pfm_create_evtsets        286
    > +#define __NR_pfm_getinfo_evtsets 287
    > +#define __NR_pfm_delete_evtsets 288
    > +#define __NR_pfm_unload_context        289
    >  
    > -#define __NR_syscalls          278
    > +#define __NR_syscalls          290
    >  
    >  #ifdef __KERNEL__
    >  #define __NR__exit __NR_exit

    Hmm, I had sent an earlier patch to paulus that reserves 278 and
    279 for spu_run and spu_create and that apparently got dropped.

    Could I have those two numbers or is there already an established
    user based for the perfmon2 numbers that would take preference?

            Arnd <><
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