[Ltrace-devel] [PATCH] Update m68k syscall table

Petr Machata pmachata at redhat.com
Thu Sep 13 15:15:25 UTC 2012


Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k.org> writes:

> Petr Machata <pmachata at redhat.com> writes:
>
>> Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k.org> writes:
>>> -	"break",                           /* 17 */
>>> +	"17",                              /* 17 */
>>
>> Do you know what the deal is here?  Why are we giving up a syscall name?
>> Did Linux discontinue use of those, and if so, when?  I.e., couldn't
>> ltrace legitimately be run on a kernel that still uses system call
>> number 17?  (We need at least a 2.6 kernel to run.)
>
> These syscalls never existed in the history of Linux/m68k, that's why
> they were removed recently.

OK, good.  I'll apply the patch.

Thank you,
PM



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