Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758006AbcDAG4r (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2016 02:56:47 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f54.google.com ([74.125.82.54]:37961 "EHLO mail-wm0-f54.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752522AbcDAG4p (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2016 02:56:45 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 08:56:39 +0200 From: Richard Cochran To: Richard Weinberger Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org, David Gstir Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement leftpad syscall Message-ID: <20160401065639.GA28596@localhost.localdomain> References: <1459463613-32473-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> <1459463613-32473-2-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1459463613-32473-2-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 801 Lines: 21 On Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 12:33:32AM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > From: David Gstir > > Implement the leftpad() system call such that userspace, > especially node.js applications, can in the near future directly > use it and no longer depend on fragile npm packages. > > Signed-off-by: David Gstir > Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger > --- > arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1 + > include/linux/syscalls.h | 1 + > kernel/sys.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > kernel/sys_ni.c | 1 + > 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+) This is okay as far as it goes, but you need to add the other archs and put the relevant maintainers onto CC. Thanks, Richard